Valaun Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Valaun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 391 | 1:20,853 | 2,222 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Valaun (276) may also be a first name.
Valaun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valaun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Valaun is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Valaun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 737,137th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Valaun reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 534,713th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 276 people.
The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 20,853. In Papua New Guinea Valaun is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 90 percent reside, West New Britain, where 7 percent reside and New Ireland, where 2 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Valaun
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