Waiwe Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Waiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Waiwe (21) may also be a first name.
Waiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waiwe is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Waiwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiwe? popularity and diffusion
Waiwe is the 3,100,440th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Waiwe live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Waiwe is also the 2,368,944th most common forename throughout the world It is held by 21 people.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 1,115,408. In Uganda Waiwe is most common in: Kamuli District, where 66 percent reside, Buyende District, where 20 percent reside and Luuka District, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 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 Waiwe
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