Wauma Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Wauma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Wauma (52) may also be a first name.
Wauma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wauma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wauma is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wauma.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Wauma reside; 70 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 52 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Wauma is primarily found in: National Capital District, where 48 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 38 percent are found and Central, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 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 Wauma
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