Wamea Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Wamea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 325 | 1:406,921 | 34,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wamea (36) may also be a first name.
Wamea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamea is found most in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamea is the 761,666th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Wamea live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 36 people.
Wamea is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 406,921. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Papua, where 82 percent live, East Java, where 11 percent live and West Papua, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Wamea occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 3 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 Wamea
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