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
The surname Wauni is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wauni.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauni? popularity and diffusion
Wauni is the 3,882,373rd most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Wauni is mostly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Wauni live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wauni is also the 1,060,447th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 82 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 55 percent reside, National Capital District, where 32 percent reside and West Sepik, where 9 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 12 percent reside and Nepal, where 4 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
- 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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