Wenya Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Wenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Wenya (3,439) may also be a first name.
Wenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﻲ) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wenya is the 1,032,007th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Wenya live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wenya is also the 121,284th most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 3,439 people.
The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Beside The DR Congo Wenya occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wenya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wenya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﻲ | wny | - |
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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 Wenya
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