Wailai Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wailai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wailai (9) may also be a first name.
Wailai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wailai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wailai is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wailai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wailai is mostly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Wailai live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 9 people.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 80 percent are found and Western, where 20 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 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
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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 Wailai
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