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 has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whenu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 561,353rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,898,311 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Whenu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 38 people.
The last name Whenu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 543 people, or 1 in 326,230. In Nigeria Whenu is most common in: Lagos, where 81 percent live, Ogun, where 16 percent live and Ondo, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
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
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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 Whenu
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