Waimi Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Waimi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 189 | 1:43,141 | 5,280 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Waimi (131) may also be a first name.
Waimi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waimi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waimi is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waimi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,163,787th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Waimi reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 811,108th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 131 people.
The surname Waimi is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 43,141. In Papua New Guinea Waimi is primarily concentrated in: Northern, where 55 percent reside, West Sepik, where 27 percent reside and East Sepik, where 5 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Waimi
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