Vaniu Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Vaniu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Vaniu (51) may also be a first name.
Vaniu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaniu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vaniu is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Vaniu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaniu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,203,767th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Vaniu reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequent given name on earth, held by 51 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 194,136. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East New Britain, where 86 percent are found and Bougainville, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent are found and Taiwan, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Vaniu
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