Uau Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Uau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1441:56,6237,213
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Uau (76) may also be a first name.

Uau Last Name Facts

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

Uau (Russian: Уау) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Uau? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Uau are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequent forename in the world, held by 76 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 56,623. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Central, where 92 percent live, National Capital District, where 6 percent live and Western, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Uau exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 5 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Huau86515/
Uaou865/
Wuau863/
Uaut862/
Uoau862/
Uaus862/
Uaud862/
Ueau862/
Uaux861/
Huaux75499/
Huaut75125/
Bauau755/
Hueau752/
Uauth751/
Huauz751/
Huault671,062/
Vouaux67456/
Uou6731/
Huajiu672/
Veauau671/
Ouhaou671/
Huayhu671/

Uau Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Uau in the Russian language
Уауuau-

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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 Uau
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