Wosenu Surname

167,319th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Wosenu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wosenu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,5761:37,8674,280
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Wosenu (2,435) may also be a first name.

Wosenu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wosenu is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Wosenu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wosenu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 167,319th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,819,167 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wosenu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 150,050th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 2,435 people.

The last name Wosenu is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wossenu9253/
Wosoenu9216/
Wosaenu921/
Wesenu832,578/
Bosenu8320/
Wosinu8317/
Wasenu8310/
Wogenu834/
Wessenu774/
Boseanu774/
Whesenu773/
Weshenu771/
Wossinou71420/
Wassenou719/
Bousenou713/
Bossenou711/
Wousanou711/
Boisenau711/
Wochenou711/
Wasinu6783/
Vusenu6717/
Bosinu6710/
Boussenou678/
Wesanu678/
Woussinou673/
Wasanu671/
Wosainhou671/
Basenu671/
Wusinu671/
Whasenaut670/

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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 Wosenu
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