Wanian Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Wanian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanian (31) may also be a first name.
Wanian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanian is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanian? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wanian is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Wanian reside; 69 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 69 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wanian is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 31 people.
It is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 86 percent reside, East Sepik, where 5 percent reside and Hela, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 16 percent reside and France, where 3 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 Wanian
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