Wantara Surname

632,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 483 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Wantara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wantara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4731:279,59725,173
Niger91:2,132,44640,124
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wantara (125) may also be a first name.

Wantara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wantara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wantara is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wantara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wantara? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 632,228th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,088,087 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wantara live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 832,731st most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 125 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 473 people, or 1 in 279,597. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Bali, where 42 percent reside, West Java, where 11 percent reside and Lampung, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Wantara
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