Wauna Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Wauna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wauna (101) may also be a first name.
Wauna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wauna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wauna occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wauna is the 1,736,881st most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wauna reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wauna is also the 940,641st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 101 people.
Wauna is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 624,053. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Siaya County, where 86 percent live, Kisumu County, where 12 percent live and Kakamega County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
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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 Wauna
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