Waniki Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

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

Waniki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waniki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Waniki (136) may also be a first name.

Waniki Last Name Facts

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

Waniki occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Waniki click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waniki? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Waniki reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 58 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Waniki is also the 794,286th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 136 people.

The surname Waniki is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 93 percent live and West Sepik, where 7 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Waniki exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 38 percent live and Kenya, where 4 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
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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 Waniki
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