Wenke Surname
Approximately 4,482 people bear this surname
Wenke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,038 | 1:26,499 | 3,498 |
| United States | 853 | 1:424,923 | 36,761 |
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| Australia | 170 | 1:158,798 | 16,605 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Czechia | 26 | 1:408,980 | 46,580 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 123 | 1:408,282 | 30,178 |
Wenke (3,913) may also be a first name.
Wenke Demographics
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Wenke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wenke occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenke is the 104,673rd most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,625,958 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Wenke are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wenke is also the 111,978th most widespread forename internationally, held by 3,913 people.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 3,038 people, or 1 in 26,499. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 27 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside and Saxony, where 15 percent reside. Beside Germany Wenke is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Wenke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wenke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wenke surname grew 693 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wenke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wenke surname are 7.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.36% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wenke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.46% more than the national average, earning R 454,992 per year and in United States they earn 5.56% more than the national average, earning $45,549 USD per year.
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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
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