Wenking Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Wenking Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 88 | 1:914,835 | 64,706 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wenking Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenking Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenking is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Wenking click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenking? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,943,350th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Wenking occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Wenking live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 914,835. In Germany Wenking is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 93 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waenking | 93 | 11 | / |
| Winking | 86 | 820 | / |
| Wenqing | 86 | 53 | / |
| Uenking | 86 | 9 | / |
| Venking | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wengkeng | 80 | 23 | / |
| Wengqing | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bengking | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wenching | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wenquing | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vinking | 71 | 133 | / |
| Vencing | 71 | 51 | / |
| Wenceng | 71 | 24 | / |
| Binking | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wiengkaeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bengkng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wengceng | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wencheng | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wengcheng | 63 | 2 | / |
| Wuencheng | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vincing | 57 | 13 | / |
| Binqing | 57 | 3 | / |
| Wenchenk | 53 | 2 | / |
| Vinching | 53 | 1 | / |
| Wenchenck | 50 | 29 | / |
| Wingkeung | 50 | 4 | / |
| Uengcheng | 50 | 4 | / |
| Wingching | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Wenking
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