Wamima 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

Wamima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wamima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wamima (42) may also be a first name.

Wamima Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wamima is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamima? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Wamima occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Wamima live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.

The surname Wamima is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Wamima is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 21 percent reside and Chad, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamaima921/
Wamema83583/
Wamuma8316/
Wemima8314/
Wamimi832/
Bamima832/
Vamaima779/
Wamimoo772/
Wameema772/
Vamiema771/
Vamimad771/
Wamumai771/
Wemimo67547/
Womema67107/
Wameme677/
Bamema674/
Bamimo674/
Vamema672/
Vamaaimat671/
Vamimahas671/
Vamimi671/
Wemema671/
Bamime671/
Bomimau627/
Womeema621/
Vamaimi621/
Vamimes621/
Vamimoh621/
Boumaima571/
Vahmimee571/
Weismimer531/
Bameme50439/
Bomema5034/
Bomimi501/
Womumo501/
Womemi501/
Wememo501/

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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 Wamima
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