Wamoi Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Wamoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Wamoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamoi occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamoi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Wamoi occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Wamoi reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea Wamoi is most prevalent in: Manus, where 53 percent are found, West Sepik, where 31 percent are found and East New Britain, where 6 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Wamoi is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 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 Wamoi
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