Wareke Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Wareke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 125 | 1:65,230 | 8,500 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wareke (149) may also be a first name.
Wareke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wareke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wareke occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wareke? popularity and diffusion
Wareke is the 1,573,888th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Wareke are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 754,880th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 149 people.
The last name Wareke is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 65,230. In Papua New Guinea Wareke is most prevalent in: Hela, where 35 percent live, Gulf, where 14 percent live and Western Highlands, where 12 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wareke
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