Waiana Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Waiana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 195 | 1:1,097,817 | 38,391 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Waiana (17) may also be a first name.
Waiana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waiana occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiana? popularity and diffusion
Waiana is the 1,198,640th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Waiana is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Waiana reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 1,097,817. In Brazil Waiana is most frequent in: Amapá, where 96 percent are found and Pará, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Waiana
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