Wanien Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Wanien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Wanien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanien occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanien? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Wanien occurs mostly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Wanien reside; 87 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 87 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 81 percent live and West Sepik, where 19 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 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 Wanien
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