Waura Surname
Approximately 563 people bear this surname
Waura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 354 | 1:604,730 | 22,545 |
| Papua New Guinea | 103 | 1:79,162 | 10,424 |
| Solomon Islands | 81 | 1:7,161 | 1,112 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Waurá (1) are calculated separately.
Waura (159) may also be a first name.
Waura Demographics
Average Waura Salary in
United States
$55,982 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waura is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Waurá. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 562,869th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,944,131 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Waura reside; 63 percent reside in South America and 63 percent reside in Luso-South America. Waura is also the 727,628th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 159 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 604,730. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Mato Grosso, where 100 percent reside and São Paulo, where 0 percent reside. Besides Brazil it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 14 percent reside.
Waura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Waura has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Waura surname fell 53 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Waura Last Name Statistics demography
Waura earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.74% more than the national average, earning $55,982 USD per year.
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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 Waura
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