Whenu Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Whenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 543 | 1:326,230 | 17,877 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Whenu (38) may also be a first name.
Whenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whenu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whenu? popularity and diffusion
Whenu is the 561,353rd most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,898,311 people. The surname Whenu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Whenu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Whenu is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 38 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 543 people, or 1 in 326,230. In Nigeria Whenu is most numerous in: Lagos, where 81 percent are found, Ogun, where 16 percent are found and Ondo, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whenou | 91 | 18 | / |
| Wheanu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wenu | 89 | 782 | / |
| Whennou | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wheneus | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wenou | 80 | 256 | / |
| Wenau | 80 | 77 | / |
| Huenu | 80 | 52 | / |
| Hwenu | 80 | 37 | / |
| Whanu | 80 | 17 | / |
| Weinu | 80 | 12 | / |
| Wenhu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Weanu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Waenu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wahnu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vhenu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wenuh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wennu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weynu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hvenu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uhenu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weneu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wchesnut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wehnau | 73 | 116 | / |
| Wenhui | 73 | 102 | / |
| Whannu | 73 | 26 | / |
| Weinau | 73 | 23 | / |
| Wahanu | 73 | 15 | / |
| Whanou | 73 | 15 | / |
| Uhienu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Wenhou | 73 | 5 | / |
| Whanhu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wahynu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hwenou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wengou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wennou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Huenou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weinuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahnou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Houenu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wenhau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wesnus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wehnut | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wehnus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Benu | 67 | 20,590 | / |
| Houenou | 67 | 13,327 | / |
| Venu | 67 | 10,423 | / |
| Wanu | 67 | 1,438 | / |
| Winu | 67 | 456 | / |
| Wonu | 67 | 226 | / |
| Wahanui | 67 | 50 | / |
| Ouhenou | 67 | 15 | / |
| Weinaus | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hhwengu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wahanou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bcheanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uenu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whannhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wjnu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weinaud | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whisennaut | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whynust | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weinuch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weahnus | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wahhnuu | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weisnut | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Whenu
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