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 surname Waet is found most in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Waet.

How Common Is The Last Name Waet? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most widespread family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 54 percent of Waet reside; 54 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 54 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Waet is also the 1,744,716th most frequent forename globally, borne by 35 people.

It is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia Waet is primarily concentrated in: Papua, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent reside and Norway, where 19 percent reside.

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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