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
Wanian is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanian? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Wanian occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Wanian live; 69 percent live in Oceania Islands and 69 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wanian is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 31 people.
The surname 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 are found, East Sepik, where 5 percent are found and Hela, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 16 percent are found and France, where 3 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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- 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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