Wairoa Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Wairoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
Wairoa (38) may also be a first name.
Wairoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wairoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wairoa is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wairoa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wairoa reside; 91 percent reside in Australasia and 91 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 38 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in New Zealand, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 110,447. In New Zealand it is most frequent in: Hawke's Bay Region, where 68 percent reside, Auckland Region, where 20 percent reside and Bay of Plenty Region, where 12 percent reside. Excluding New Zealand it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 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
- 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 Wairoa
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