Wamaia Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Wamaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wamaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamaia occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Wamaia reside; 67 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 67 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Wamaia is primarily concentrated in: Bougainville, where 50 percent live and West Sepik, where 50 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Wamaia exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent live.
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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 Wamaia
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