Wangau Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Wangau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wangau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangau is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wangau live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 121,697. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Madang, where 60 percent are found, West Sepik, where 21 percent are found and East Sepik, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Wangau exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and The United States, 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 Wangau
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