Wenås Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wenås Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenås Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway321:160,69619,635
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wenås Last Name Facts

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

Wenås is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenås? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Wenås reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most widely held in Norway, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 160,696. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 69 percent are found, Northern Norway, where 22 percent are found and Western Norway, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Norway this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Wenås Last Name Statistics demography

Wenås earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 33.56% less than the national average, earning 229,929 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wennås9126/
Weinås919/
Weenås912/
Wens892,351/
Wiens8014,676/
Weins801,526/
Weyns80746/
Venås80405/
Weens80333/
Wense80282/
Wensh80198/
Weans8043/
Winås8024/
Woens8015/
Wenæs8015/
Wenns802/
Wenss801/
Hwens800/
Wns7521/
Wensch73160/
Wiensz7355/
Weijns7341/
Wienss7323/
Wuenst7321/
Weinsz7313/
Wesnæs735/
Whense734/
Wesnse732/
Weinsh732/
Wenshe731/
Wensth731/
Wensze731/
Wheyns731/
Weensh731/
Weinss730/
Weunns730/
Weinns730/
Weesns730/
Wenz6711,095/
Bens675,213/
Wyns672,392/
Wins671,404/
Vens671,284/
Wuensch67957/
Wiensch6799/
Uens6784/
Wems6721/
Wensche6720/
Weinsch6715/
Weunsch678/
Wnss675/
Wnsh674/
Hwns671/
Vwns671/
Wnsj671/

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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 Wenås
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