Waima Surname
Approximately 1,365 people bear this surname
Waima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1,080 | 1:7,550 | 550 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Waima (750) may also be a first name.
Waima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waima (Marathi: वैमा) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Waima.
How Common Is The Last Name Waima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 282,448th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,338,861 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Waima are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 79 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 300,135th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 750 people.
The last name Waima is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 1,080 people, or 1 in 7,550. In Papua New Guinea Waima is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 31 percent reside, Enga, where 18 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waima in the Marathi language | ||
| वैमा | vaima | - |
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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 Waima
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