Waure Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Waure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Waure (68) may also be a first name.
Waure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waure occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,484,726th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Waure are found; 84 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 83 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 68 people.
The surname Waure is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 70,291. In Papua New Guinea Waure is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 61 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 16 percent are found and Morobe, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 2 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
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- 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 Waure
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