Wainan Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Wainan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wainan (17) may also be a first name.
Wainan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wainan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wainan occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wainan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wainan is the 1,882,912th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Wainan is primarily found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Wainan live; 66 percent live in Oceania Islands and 66 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wainan is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 17 people.
The surname Wainan is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea Wainan is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 76 percent are found, Northern, where 14 percent are found and Morobe, where 8 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 34 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 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
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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 Wainan
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