Waiwa Surname
Approximately 20,222 people bear this surname
Waiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 20,105 | 1:1,417 | 214 |
| Papua New Guinea | 89 | 1:91,615 | 12,219 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
Waiwa (64) may also be a first name.
Waiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waiwa has its highest incidence in Nepal. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 26,590th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 360,377 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Waiwa reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 64 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nepal, where it is carried by 20,105 people, or 1 in 1,417. In Nepal it is mostly found in: Janakpur, where 39 percent live, Narayani, where 32 percent live and Bagmati, where 28 percent live. Beside Nepal Waiwa is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and Qatar, where 0 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 Waiwa
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