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
Wenje occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wenje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 589,215th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 13,750,087 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wenje reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most commonly used first name globally, held by 112 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
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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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