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 has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wanoa.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanoa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 990,978th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wanoa live; 75 percent live in Australasia and 75 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Wanoa is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name globally It is held by 37 people.
The last name Wanoa is most frequent in New Zealand, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 28,480. In New Zealand it is most prevalent 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. Outside of New Zealand it occurs 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
- 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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