Wentso Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wentso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wentso Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wentso Last Name Facts

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

Wentso is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wentso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,808,717th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wentso reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Wentso is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Wentso is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wentzo8395/
Bentso835/
Wemtso831/
Ventsou7717/
Bentsho771/
Ventsos771/
Wenthsouth750/
Wenzo7321/
Wenco733/
Wncso731/
Bentsa671,754/
Wencho675/
Windso674/
Bintso673/
Wenzuo672/
Wendsa672/
Ventzo671/
Vintso671/
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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 Wentso
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