Wafingu Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Wafingu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Wafingu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafingu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafingu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafingu? popularity and diffusion
Wafingu is the 2,220,661st most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Wafingu is predominantly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wafingu reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Wafingu is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea Wafingu is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafing | 92 | 38 | / |
| Wafaing | 86 | 27 | / |
| Wafoing | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waffing | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wavingu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wavingua | 80 | 41 | / |
| Wafionga | 80 | 40 | / |
| Waviengu | 80 | 19 | / |
| Wafingah | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wouafing | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wavingou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wefing | 77 | 201 | / |
| Waving | 77 | 71 | / |
| Wafang | 77 | 69 | / |
| Wafeng | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wofing | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wafnag | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wafong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waviangua | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wavhingou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Weaving | 71 | 1,615 | / |
| Wuffing | 71 | 11 | / |
| Wafunga | 71 | 8 | / |
| Wafangauye | 71 | 7 | / |
| Waifong | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wuefing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Waeving | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wavinga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Waviong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wofaing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wafango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wefungu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wavangu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wafangauya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wafongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weffing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wiffing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Waephing | 67 | 55 | / |
| Wafungwa | 67 | 41 | / |
| Wouafang | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wafunaku | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wai Fong | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wafoungo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wafounga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafinaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafangay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wavangua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weaphing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Way Fong Wu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wai Fung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafangaauye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bofengu | 57 | 4 | / |
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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 Wafingu
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