Whanga Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Whanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 34 | 1:129,663 | 9,726 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Whanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Whanga occurs most in Liberia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Whanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Whanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,635,433rd most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Whanga live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
Whanga is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 129,663. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Bong County, where 71 percent live, Montserrado County, where 24 percent live and Gbarpolu County, where 3 percent live. Aside from Liberia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 31 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
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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 Whanga
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