Waname Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Waname Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 113 | 1:72,157 | 9,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Waname (80) may also be a first name.
Waname Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waname Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waname (Marathi: वानामे) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waname? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waname is the 1,573,888th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Waname live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Waname is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 80 people.
It is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 72,157. In Papua New Guinea Waname is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 27 percent live, Enga, where 20 percent live and Western, where 20 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Waname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 7 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waname Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waname in the Marathi language | ||
| वानामे | vaname | 50 |
| वनामे | vaname | 50 |
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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 Waname
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