Wenja Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Wenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wenja (67) may also be a first name.
Wenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenja is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wenja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,860,621st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. Wenja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wenja are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 67 people.
The surname Wenja is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 46 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found and Centre Region, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wenja
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