Wanos Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wanos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wanos (15) may also be a first name.
Wanos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanos is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wanos click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanos? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Wanos are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 44 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wanos is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Wanos is mostly found in: Morobe, where 50 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 25 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Brazil, where 11 percent reside.
Wanos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wanos has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wanos last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wanos
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