Waiel Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Waiel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Waiel (5,913) may also be a first name.
Waiel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waiel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﻮﺍﻳﻞ) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 44 percent of Waiel live; 41 percent live in Oceania Islands and 41 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 86,488th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 5,913 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Waiel is most numerous in: Madang, where 55 percent are found and West Sepik, where 45 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea Waiel occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 33 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waiel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waiel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﻮﺍﻳﻞ | ashwayl | - |
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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 Waiel
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