Wause Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Wause Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wause (26) may also be a first name.
Wause Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wause Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wause is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wause? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wause is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Wause is primarily found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Wause reside; 57 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 26 people.
Wause is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 63 percent live and Chimbu, where 38 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 7 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
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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 Wause
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