Wamse Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wamse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wamse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamse occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamse is the 5,587,209th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Wamse is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Wamse are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Wamse is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Wamse is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 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
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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 Wamse
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