Waitai Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Waitai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 126 | 1:35,939 | 6,159 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waitai (10) may also be a first name.
Waitai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waitai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waitai is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waitai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. Waitai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Waitai reside; 93 percent reside in Australasia and 93 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Waitai is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 10 people.
It is most numerous in New Zealand, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 35,939. In New Zealand Waitai is most prevalent in: Northland Region, where 29 percent reside, Waikato Region, where 23 percent reside and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 20 percent reside. Not including New Zealand Waitai occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 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 Waitai
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