Wanoa Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Wanoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 159 | 1:28,480 | 4,971 |
| Solomon Islands | 39 | 1:14,873 | 2,820 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanoa (37) may also be a first name.
Wanoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanoa occurs in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 990,978th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname Wanoa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wanoa are found; 75 percent are found in Australasia and 75 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 37 people.
The surname is most frequent in New Zealand, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 28,480. In New Zealand Wanoa is most common in: Gisborne Region, where 35 percent live, Auckland Region, where 18 percent live and Bay of Plenty Region, where 9 percent live. Aside from New Zealand this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 14 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 Wanoa
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