Waisau Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Waisau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Waisau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waisau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waisau is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Waisau.
How Common Is The Last Name Waisau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waisau is the 3,141,416th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Waisau is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Waisau reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea Waisau is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 97 percent are found and West New Britain, where 3 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Waisau occurs in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 3 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
- 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 Waisau
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