Wangaro Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wangaro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangaro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Wangaro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wangaro Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wangaro is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangaro? popularity and diffusion

Wangaro is the 3,665,662nd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Wangaro is primarily found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Wangaro live; 76 percent live in Oceania Islands and 76 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 36 percent live, Enga, where 32 percent live and West Sepik, where 27 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent live and Kenya, where 3 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
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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 Wangaro
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