Waime Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Waime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 233 | 1:34,994 | 4,146 |
| Kenya | 83 | 1:556,384 | 26,876 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Waime (237) may also be a first name.
Waime Demographics
Waime Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waime Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waime occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waime? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 786,896th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The surname Waime occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Waime live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 581,650th most widespread forename on earth, held by 237 people.
The surname Waime is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 34,994. In Papua New Guinea Waime is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 27 percent live, Jiwaka, where 20 percent live and Gulf, where 15 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Waime Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Waime has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Waime last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Waime Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Waime
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