Wamalin Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Wamalin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wamalin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamalin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamalin is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wamalin.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamalin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Wamalin reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Enga, where 92 percent are found and West Sepik, where 8 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 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
- 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 Wamalin
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