Waibu Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Waibu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Waibu (33) may also be a first name.
Waibu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waibu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waibu is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waibu? popularity and diffusion
Waibu is the 1,955,159th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Waibu live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 33 people.
The surname Waibu is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 36 percent reside, Central, where 23 percent reside and Gulf, where 18 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Waibu
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