Wauta Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Wauta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wauta (65) may also be a first name.
Wauta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wauta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wauta is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wauta click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,491,356th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. Wauta occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Wauta reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 65 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 59,516. In Papua New Guinea Wauta is primarily found in: East New Britain, where 71 percent live, East Sepik, where 7 percent live and National Capital District, where 7 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Liberia, where 1 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 Wauta
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