Wangina Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

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

Wangina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Wangina (19) may also be a first name.

Wangina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wangina is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wangina.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangina? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. Wangina occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Wangina reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wangina is also the 2,523,061st most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 19 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 56 percent live, Morobe, where 28 percent live and Western Highlands, where 12 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 44 percent live and Kenya, where 11 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
  • 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 Wangina
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