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

Wangina is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangina? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,555,468th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Wangina is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Wangina live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wangina is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 19 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East Sepik, where 56 percent are found, Morobe, where 28 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 44 percent are found and Kenya, where 11 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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  • 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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