Waitam Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Waitam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Waitam (10) may also be a first name.
Waitam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waitam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waitam is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waitam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waitam is the 6,063,924th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Waitam are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Waitam is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Waitam is most frequent in: Enga, where 56 percent live and Madang, where 44 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent live.
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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 Waitam
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