Wafewa Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Wafewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 140 | 1:58,241 | 7,447 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wafewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafewa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafewa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,478,479th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Wafewa is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wafewa reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Wafewa is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 58,241. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 95 percent live, National Capital District, where 2 percent live and East New Britain, where 1 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Wafewa occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent live and Namibia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wafewa
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