Waet Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Norway

Waet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Waet (35) may also be a first name.

Waet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waet occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waet? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Waet live; 54 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and Norway, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waete89321/
Wahet89241/
Waedt89100/
Waetz893/
Whaet892/
Waeth891/
Waest890/
Waheth801/
Waed75192/
Vaet7578/
Woet7525/
Weut7511/
Uaet751/
Waetsch732/
Waechte731/
Waheedt731/
Wahed6733,914/
Wahit671,540/
Vaeth671,253/
Woets67348/
Weait6780/
Woeth6720/
Baedt6712/
Waedh679/
Whaed676/
Waaed675/
Beaet674/
Vaete673/
Vaetz673/
Hvaet672/
Woete672/
Woett671/
Weudt671/
Vahet671/
Waedd671/
Weutt670/
Woetz670/

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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 Waet
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