Wandau Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Wandau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 134 | 1:60,849 | 7,857 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wandau (36) may also be a first name.
Wandau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wandau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wandau has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,333,288th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname Wandau is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wandau reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wandau is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 36 people.
The last name Wandau is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 60,849. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 31 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 22 percent are found and Morobe, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wandau
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