Wamete Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wamete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wamete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamete is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamete? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Wamete is primarily found in Oceania, where 78 percent of Wamete reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Wamete is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 71 percent are found, East Sepik, where 14 percent are found and Morobe, where 14 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 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
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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 Wamete
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