Wanguwe Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Wanguwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wanguwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanguwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanguwe is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanguwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanguwe is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wanguwe are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Wanguwe is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 83 percent reside and National Capital District, where 17 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Wanguwe
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