Waniwa Surname
Approximately 1,540 people bear this surname
Waniwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,058 | 1:19,630 | 2,670 |
| Botswana | 221 | 1:9,896 | 1,823 |
| Zimbabwe | 215 | 1:71,806 | 10,660 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waniwa (241) may also be a first name.
Waniwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waniwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waniwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waniwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 256,086th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,732,173 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waniwa are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 28 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Waniwa is also the 575,894th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 241 people.
Waniwa is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,058 people, or 1 in 19,630. In Cameroon Waniwa is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 76 percent live, North Region, where 20 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 14 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangiwa | 92 | 28 | / |
| Wanaiwa | 92 | 10 | / |
| Wainiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wanniwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waniway | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wanewa | 83 | 61 | / |
| Wanuwa | 83 | 43 | / |
| Wanywa | 83 | 39 | / |
| Woniwa | 83 | 31 | / |
| Wanhwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waniwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wanichwat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wanajwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanyowa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baniwau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Banhiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wannewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanioua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wonniwat | 71 | 12 | / |
| Wangaywa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Waniwoth | 71 | 3 | / |
| Baniba | 67 | 876 | / |
| Woniwe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wanjui | 67 | 18 | / |
| Waneva | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wanive | 67 | 13 | / |
| Vanichwat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wanewe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wainiwheh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wanhui | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wanjua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wanhua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wanevi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wanebi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vaniva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Baniva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woniwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wanichwit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wanhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanjwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Waniwa
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