Waitau Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Waitau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 155 | 1:853,221 | 64,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Waitau (24) may also be a first name.
Waitau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waitau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waitau is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waitau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,391,595th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Waitau reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 24 people.
It is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 853,221. In Indonesia it is most common in: Maluku, where 96 percent live and Papua, where 4 percent live. Other than Indonesia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 1 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 Waitau
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