Wafian Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wafian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wafian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Wafian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wafian is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wafian.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafian? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Wafian reside; 70 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Wafian is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West New Britain, where 57 percent are found, West Sepik, where 39 percent are found and Western, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found and Israel, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waifian921/
Bafian83125/
Vafian832/
Wefian830/
Vasfian772/
Baffian771/
Vafijan771/
Vafaiean718/
Vafaiyan713/
Bahafian711/
Bafyan671/
Baphian621/
Vofijan621/
Vafayyan57270/

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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 Wafian
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