Waneta Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Waneta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 167 | 1:3,473 | 385 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Waneta (1,895) may also be a first name.
Waneta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waneta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waneta is found in The Solomon Islands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waneta? popularity and diffusion
Waneta is the 1,022,958th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 68 percent of Waneta reside; 68 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 68 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 174,636th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 1,895 people.
Waneta is most prevalent in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 3,473. In The Solomon Islands it is primarily concentrated in: Malaita Province, where 61 percent are found, Capital Territory, where 38 percent are found and Makira Province, where 1 percent are found. Other than The Solomon Islands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 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
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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 Waneta
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