Waiwai Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Waiwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 175 | 1:46,593 | 5,775 |
| Thailand | 65 | 1:1,086,744 | 162,071 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Waiwai (8,680) may also be a first name.
Waiwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waiwai is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 816,514th most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Waiwai live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 51 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 67,323rd most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 8,680 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 46,593. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 43 percent are found, East New Britain, where 26 percent are found and National Capital District, where 9 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea Waiwai occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 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
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- 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
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