Wenu Surname
Approximately 782 people bear this surname
Wenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 657 | 1:112,450 | 12,366 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wenu (140) may also be a first name.
Wenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenu (Oriya: େୱଣୁ) is most common in The DR Congo. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenu? popularity and diffusion
Wenu is the 438,351st most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Wenu live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wenu is also the 781,395th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 140 people.
The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 657 people, or 1 in 112,450. Outside of The DR Congo this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wenu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wenu in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱଣୁ | ewanu | 81.82 |
| େୱନୁ | ewanu | 18.18 |
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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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- 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 Wenu
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