Wenshen Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Singapore

Wenshen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenshen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Wenshen (18,054) may also be a first name.

Wenshen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wenshen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wenshen is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenshen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Wenshen reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wenshen is also the 40,752nd most widespread given name globally, held by 18,054 people.

The surname Wenshen is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Wenshen is most common in: Taraba, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and China, where 5 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 Wenshen
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