Waimau Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Waimau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
Waimau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waimau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waimau occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waimau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,152,526th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname Waimau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Waimau live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Waimau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea Waimau is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Waimau
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