Wauni Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Wauni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Wauni (82) may also be a first name.
Wauni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wauni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wauni is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Wauni is predominantly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Wauni live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,060,447th most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 82 people.
The surname Wauni is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Wauni is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 55 percent are found, National Capital District, where 32 percent are found and West Sepik, where 9 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and Nepal, where 4 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 Wauni
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