Wama Surname
Approximately 7,316 people bear this surname
Wama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2,860 | 1:2,851 | 121 |
| Togo | 1,785 | 1:4,060 | 684 |
| Thailand | 628 | 1:112,481 | 16,530 |
| Cameroon | 529 | 1:39,261 | 5,250 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Indonesia | 267 | 1:495,315 | 40,583 |
| Nigeria | 171 | 1:1,035,923 | 43,476 |
| Kenya | 129 | 1:357,984 | 20,934 |
| Benin | 115 | 1:89,875 | 10,445 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Wama (3,977) may also be a first name.
Wama Demographics
Average Wama Salary in
United States
$20,429 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wama is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wama is the 67,933rd most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 996,111 people. Wama occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Wama live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wama is also the 110,828th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 3,977 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2,860 people, or 1 in 2,851. In Papua New Guinea Wama is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 37 percent live, East Sepik, where 18 percent live and Jiwaka, where 9 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 24 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.
Wama Last Name Statistics demography
Wama earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.65% less than the national average, earning $20,429 USD per year.
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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 Wama
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