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
Whenu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Whenu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Whenu is the 561,353rd most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Whenu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 38 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 543 people, or 1 in 326,230. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 81 percent are found, Ogun, where 16 percent are found and Ondo, where 1 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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
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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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