Wauku Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Wauku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wauku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Wauku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wauku Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wauku is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wauku? popularity and diffusion

Wauku is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Wauku is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wauku reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Wauku is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 93 percent reside and Chimbu, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Wauku exists in one country. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 7 percent reside.

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Wuku89139/
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Waikuu731/
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Wackup730/
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Woku6766/
Waytkus6732/
Uaku6723/
Wuyahku6721/
Weaskus6717/
Wukoutz6713/
Waskuch6713/
Waickus6711/
Wajtkus677/
Wayekus676/
Wajckus675/
Wayakup674/
Wouekou672/
Wahyaku672/
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Wucu671/
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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 Wauku
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