Wanima Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Wanima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wanima (119) may also be a first name.
Wanima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanima occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,931,261st most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Wanima is primarily found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Wanima are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wanima is also the 856,040th most widespread forename in the world, borne by 119 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 94,811. In Papua New Guinea Wanima is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 57 percent reside, East Sepik, where 30 percent reside and Hela, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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
- 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 Wanima
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