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 has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wause? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most commonly used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Wause occurs mostly 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 widespread first name in the world It is held by 26 people.
Wause is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Wause is mostly found 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 is also common 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
- 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 Wause
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