Wainwei Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Wainwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wainwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wainwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wainwei occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainwei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wainwei live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria Wainwei is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 99 percent live and Rivers, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayinwei | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wanwei | 92 | 3 | / |
| Weinwei | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wanwe | 83 | 173 | / |
| Wanwi | 83 | 101 | / |
| Wasinwet | 80 | 5 | / |
| Waiyonwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wainwoue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wanwet | 77 | 610 | / |
| Wenwei | 77 | 39 | / |
| Wainui | 77 | 32 | / |
| Bainwi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Vanwei | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bainwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wanwey | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hwanwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wienwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanhwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wachinwet | 75 | 34 | / |
| Huanwei | 71 | 7 | / |
| Weinwer | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wanwest | 71 | 2 | / |
| Winwaai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wannwit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vwanvei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wainwou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanhwer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanweij | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanve | 67 | 352 | / |
| Wanwa | 67 | 95 | / |
| Wanue | 67 | 28 | / |
| Winwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Vanwe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Woinwowe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wamwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wenwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vinwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahainwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Winve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woinwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wainwei
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis