Waitea Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Waitea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
Waitea (25) may also be a first name.
Waitea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waitea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waitea occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waitea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waitea is the 2,333,370th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Waitea are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 93 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Waitea is also the 2,136,160th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 25 people.
The last name Waitea is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 94 percent are found and Bougainville, where 6 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 6 percent are found and Kiribati, where 1 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 Waitea
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