Wenjel Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Wenjel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
Wenjel (31) may also be a first name.
Wenjel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenjel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenjel has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenjel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Wenjel is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Wenjel live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 31 people.
Wenjel is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Wenjel is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 94 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in France, where 32 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 Wenjel
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