Waingi Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Waingi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 278 | 1:29,330 | 3,352 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Waingi (89) may also be a first name.
Waingi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waingi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waingi is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waingi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 832,284th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Waingi live; 84 percent live in Oceania Islands and 84 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,011,231st most common first name worldwide, borne by 89 people.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 29,330. In Papua New Guinea Waingi is most prevalent in: Enga, where 91 percent live, Western Highlands, where 4 percent live and National Capital District, where 3 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 0 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 Waingi
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