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 is carried by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Waiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 26,590th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 360,377 people. This last name is mostly found 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 frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 64 people.
The surname is most common in Nepal, where it is carried by 20,105 people, or 1 in 1,417. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Janakpur, where 39 percent reside, Narayani, where 32 percent reside and Bagmati, where 28 percent reside. Aside from Nepal this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.
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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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