Waratou Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Waratou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
Waratou (26) may also be a first name.
Waratou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waratou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waratou is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waratou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Waratou live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Waratou is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name globally, borne by 26 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Waratou is most frequent in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 40 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 Waratou
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