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 borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Wanaï. For other potential spellings of Wanai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wanai is the 683,026th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Wanai reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 219,662nd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 1,287 people.
The surname Wanai is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 36,078. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Madang, where 27 percent live, Bougainville, where 18 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 12 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea Wanai is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 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
- 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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