Wauka Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Wauka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Wauka (17) may also be a first name.
Wauka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wauka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wauka occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wauka is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Wauka is primarily found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Wauka are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wauka is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West New Britain, where 47 percent reside, East Sepik, where 24 percent reside and Morobe, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Wauka
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