Waimb Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Waimb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Waimb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waimb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waimb is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Waimb.
How Common Is The Last Name Waimb? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,034,059th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Waimb live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 97,068. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 70 percent live, Jiwaka, where 27 percent live and Enga, where 1 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wajimb | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wamb | 89 | 375 | / |
| Wimb | 89 | 226 | / |
| Waaimbd | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wimbs | 80 | 302 | / |
| Waimp | 80 | 25 | / |
| Weimb | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vaimb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wambd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weamb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baimb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wambz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weimbs | 73 | 200 | / |
| Wayamb | 73 | 27 | / |
| Waineb | 73 | 3 | / |
| Witemb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whimbs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Waimpt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bamb | 67 | 1,839 | / |
| Wamp | 67 | 804 | / |
| Wimp | 67 | 413 | / |
| Wemb | 67 | 85 | / |
| Bimb | 67 | 51 | / |
| Vimb | 67 | 40 | / |
| Vamb | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wamv | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wymb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uamb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whitemb | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waimb
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