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
Wanoa is found in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanoa? popularity and diffusion
Wanoa is the 990,978th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wanoa live; 75 percent live in Australasia and 75 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 37 people.
The surname is most commonly used in New Zealand, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 28,480. In New Zealand it is most numerous in: Gisborne Region, where 35 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 18 percent are found and Bay of Plenty Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides New Zealand it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Wanoa
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