Wauga Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Wauga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wauga (98) may also be a first name.
Wauga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wauga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wauga is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Wauga reside; 82 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 82 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wauga is also the 956,749th most common first name on earth, borne by 98 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 159,877. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Chimbu, where 53 percent are found, East Sepik, where 27 percent are found and National Capital District, where 8 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Wauga
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis