Wenje Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Wenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Tanzania | 95 | 1:557,280 | 35,395 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wenje (112) may also be a first name.
Wenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenje is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenje is the 589,215th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 13,750,087 people. Wenje is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wenje reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Wenje is also the 885,979th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 112 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Aside from Malawi Wenje is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 18 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 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 Wenje
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