Wambri Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wambri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wambri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Wambri (75) may also be a first name.

Wambri Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wambri Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wambri is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambri? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Wambri are found; 93 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 93 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wambri is also the 1,116,575th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 75 people.

The surname Wambri is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 67 percent reside, East Sepik, where 8 percent reside and Madang, where 8 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and Singapore, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wambrai9215/
Wambrio921/
Wambrie920/
Wambre83643/
Bambri839/
Wambra834/
Wanbri831/
Vambri831/
Wambray7729/
Vambrie7713/
Vambre67375/
Bombri67272/
Bambre6776/
Bambry6757/
Vembri6731/
Vambré6717/
Bamvri673/
Wanbre672/
Banbri671/
Vambra671/
Uambre671/
Wanbra670/

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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 Wambri
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