Wenum Surname

1,159,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 206 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wenum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:2,251,298140,756
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

Wenum (11) may also be a first name.

Wenum Last Name Facts

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

Wenum is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wenum is the 1,159,732nd most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 35,376,436 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Wenum live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wenum is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 11 people.

Wenum is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 2,251,298. In The United States Wenum is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 28 percent live, Georgia, where 16 percent live and Minnesota, where 16 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Wenum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wenum last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.55% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wenum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 197.6% more than the national average, earning R 707,220 per year and in United States they earn 19.61% more than the national average, earning $51,611 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weenum9189/
Weinum9176/
Wenume911/
Wengum911/
Wennum911/
Wienum910/
Wenhum910/
Wenoume836/
Whenume831/
Benum80664/
Venum80550/
Winum80448/
Wanum8033/
Wenom8022/
Wonum8021/
Wenun801/
Wynum801/
Weinhaum771/
Beanum73130/
Beynum7395/
Wonnum7374/
Wannum7318/
Benaum7310/
Veenum738/
Benhum734/
Wanoum733/
Benoum733/
Beinum732/
Waynum732/
Wainum732/
Benuim731/
Ouenum731/
Bejnum730/
Wienun730/
Venhum730/
Wahnum730/
Whitnum6745/
Beijnum6715/
Behnoum6714/
Waingum672/
Hwannum671/
Wingaum671/
Whainum671/
Wenhaun671/
Benhoum671/
Hwaynum671/
Veunnum670/

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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 Wenum
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