Wanai Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Wanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 226 | 1:36,078 | 4,313 |
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Wanaï (1) are calculated separately.
Wanai (1,287) may also be a first name.
Wanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanai is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Wanaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 683,026th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. The surname Wanai is primarily found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Wanai are found; 55 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 55 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 219,662nd most numerous forename globally, borne by 1,287 people.
The last name Wanai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 36,078. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 27 percent reside, Bougainville, where 18 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 12 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Wanai
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