Wenna Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Wenna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 280 | 1:65,543 | 2,561 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wenna (1,803) may also be a first name.
Wenna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﻪ) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wenna is the 737,137th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Wenna live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 179,947th most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 1,803 people.
It is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 65,543. In Burkina Faso Wenna is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 57 percent reside, Centre-Sud Region, where 29 percent reside and Plateau-Central Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wenna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wenna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﻪ | wnh | 60 |
| ﻭﻥ | wn | 40 |
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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
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- 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 Wenna
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