Wahame Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wahame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wahame (13) may also be a first name.
Wahame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wahame (Hindi: वाहमे) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahame? popularity and diffusion
Wahame is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Wahame reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Wahame is mostly found in: Western, where 83 percent live and East Sepik, where 17 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 10 percent live and Ghana, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wahame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wahame in the Hindi language | ||
| वाहमे | vahame | - |
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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 Wahame
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