Waitso Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Waitso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Waitso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waitso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waitso is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waitso? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Waitso occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Waitso reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Waitso is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 50 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 Waitso
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