Waena Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Waena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 38 | 1:15,264 | 2,918 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Waena (196) may also be a first name.
Waena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waena is found most frequently in The Solomon Islands. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waena is the 1,612,213th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. Waena occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Waena live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 44 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 648,004th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 196 people.
The surname Waena is most frequent in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 15,264. In The Solomon Islands Waena is most frequent in: Malaita Province, where 47 percent reside, Makira Province, where 45 percent reside and Guadalcanal Province, where 3 percent reside. Besides The Solomon Islands Waena occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and Indonesia, where 27 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
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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 Waena
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