Wasau Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Wasau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 140 | 1:58,241 | 7,447 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Wasau (19) may also be a first name.
Wasau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasau is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Wasau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasau is the 1,398,030th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. Wasau is primarily found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wasau live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent given name globally It is held by 19 people.
The surname Wasau is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 58,241. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East Sepik, where 79 percent are found, Madang, where 11 percent are found and West Sepik, where 9 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea Wasau exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Pakistan, where 3 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 Wasau
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