Wamon Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Wamon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Wamon (138) may also be a first name.
Wamon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamon occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Wamon live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 787,636th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 138 people.
The last name Wamon is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 50 percent are found, Morobe, where 32 percent are found and West Sepik, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 26 percent are found and Benin, where 14 percent are found.
Wamon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wamon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wamon last name fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wamon
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