Wainau Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Wainau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
Wainau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wainau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wainau is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wainau is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Wainau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wainau reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 4,723,186. In Indonesia Wainau is most numerous in: West Papua, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 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 Wainau
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