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 last name Wainan occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Wainan reside; 66 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 66 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 17 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 76 percent live, Northern, where 14 percent live and Morobe, where 8 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 34 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wainan
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