Wakarua Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wakarua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Wakarua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakarua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakarua is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakarua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Wakarua reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Wakarua exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent are found and New Zealand, where 13 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wakarua
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