Wanig Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wanig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Wanig Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wanig Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wanig occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanig? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wanig are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea Wanig is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 97 percent reside and Madang, where 3 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Wanig exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent reside and New Zealand, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wannig9164/
Wainig9130/
Wasnig9127/
Wahnig9120/
Wangig911/
Wagnig911/
Wenig804,846/
Banig80456/
Wanik80397/
Wönig8012/
Waneg8010/
Vanig804/
Waniq804/
Wonig802/
Wanaigue771/
Waniek732,012/
Weinig73810/
Wangek73266/
Wanick73260/
Wohnig73138/
Watnik73134/
Weenig73128/
Wosnig7373/
Waynik7364/
Wanike7332/
Banigh7314/
Woenig7312/
Wanitk7311/
Wahnik7311/
Wainik738/
Waniec737/
Wanaik737/
Wanoik737/
Wonnig733/
Wagnic732/
Wagneg731/
Bannig731/
Vanigh731/
Wanidk731/
Wamnik731/
Wangec731/
Wahneg730/
Bainig730/
Wasnic730/
Waynick671,281/
Wasnick67227/
Wangoic67203/
Weinnig6742/
Wannick6735/
Wainick6724/
Waisnix6724/
Wahanik6723/
Wannike6721/
Wanicke6721/
Wanieck6712/
Wagnegg673/
Vanigue673/
Woynigz671/
Guhanig671/
Wanuike671/
Waneidk671/
Watnike671/
Whanick671/
Wanneik671/
Wagnick670/
Baneigh670/
Waniock670/
Weingig670/
Waenick670/
Wanoick670/
Vaneigh670/

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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 Wanig
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