Waieng Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Waieng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 165 | 1:49,416 | 6,181 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Waieng (68) may also be a first name.
Waieng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waieng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waieng is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waieng? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,343,156th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. Waieng occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Waieng live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 68 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 49,416. In Papua New Guinea Waieng is mostly found in: Chimbu, where 45 percent live, Enga, where 24 percent live and Jiwaka, where 14 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent live.
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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 Waieng
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