Wairai Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Wairai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wairai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wairai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wairai is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wairai.
How Common Is The Last Name Wairai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Wairai reside; 67 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 67 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Wairai is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Chimbu, where 50 percent reside and East Sepik, where 50 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Wairai
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