Wanua Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Wanua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea801:101,92113,735
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196

Wanua (35) may also be a first name.

Wanua Last Name Facts

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

Wanua is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,683,218th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Wanua reside; 74 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 68 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wanua is also the 1,744,716th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea Wanua is most frequent in: Western, where 39 percent are found, Chimbu, where 29 percent are found and Central, where 15 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanhua914/
Wainua911/
Waynua911/
Wanwua911/
Watinua8348/
Wannuat8346/
Wannuea835/
Wanhuay832/
Wanguha831/
Wangnua831/
Banua808,942/
Vanua80647/
Wonua80366/
Wanwa8095/
Wanuo8026/
Wanva803/
Uanua801/
Hwanhuay774/
Hwannuea771/
Wenhua7356/
Wanwai7344/
Wanwou7343/
Banuay7337/
Wanbou7334/
Wanvou7330/
Vanhua7314/
Wanway736/
Wanwuo736/
Whanuo736/
Wanwah732/
Wanvai732/
Wanveu731/
Wannba731/
Vanuaa731/
Uanuaa731/
Woynua731/
Weinua731/
Weynua731/
Wanhwa731/
Wainva731/
Waunwa731/
Wounuah6797/
Waanbah6735/
Beanuah6735/
Wonnuat678/
Huanhua674/
Wonuoha673/
Wainwou671/
Wanmbou671/
Baynuah671/
Weanbah671/
Vannuea671/
Wannvas671/

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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 Wanua
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