Wauwa Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wauwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wauwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea771:105,89214,318
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Wauwa (57) may also be a first name.

Wauwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wauwa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wauwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,967,751st most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Wauwa live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 57 people.

Wauwa is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 105,892. In Papua New Guinea Wauwa is most frequent in: Hela, where 42 percent are found, Western, where 23 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wauwau9145/
Wauswa9123/
Wayuwa9122/
Wahuwa917/
Wawa8918,450/
Wuwa8936/
Waihuwa831/
Waiwa8020,222/
Wayua8014,730/
Wauwe80410/
Wawah80310/
Wahwa80189/
Wawai80106/
Waway8053/
Wawua8029/
Wouwa8023/
Waawa8023/
Wauwo8013/
Wawaa806/
Wauwi806/
Wauva805/
Waywa805/
Wawea803/
Hwuwa803/
Wauba803/
Wajwa802/
Waiua802/
Wajua802/
Wuwah801/
Wuway801/
Wuwua801/
Wuaua801/
Wawwa801/
Vauwa801/
Wayuwach774/
Wayuwhap771/
Waiwai73341/
Wawaad73244/
Wayway73169/
Wahwai73162/
Weawea7381/
Wajewa7377/
Wayowa7366/
Wahwah7318/
Wasway7315/
Wawath7315/
Waaswa7315/
Wahawa7314/
Hwahwa7311/
Wayawa7310/
Waaway7310/
Waihwa738/
Waiwad734/
Wauwie732/
Waweha732/
Wajiwa732/
Wawewa732/
Wayiwa732/
Waswaa732/
Wouwai732/
Wauhba731/
Wouwah731/
Wajawa731/
Waswwa731/
Wachwa731/
Waa'wa731/
Waawaa731/
Wuwaha731/
Wayuah731/
Waiwga731/
Whawha731/
Wawach730/
Wayuweach712/
Wawo673,488/
Wawi672,594/
Wawe671,754/
Wava67977/
Vuwa67351/
Wayaway67231/
Wayuwet67203/
Wathuat6742/
Waiwash6734/
Weaweah6732/
Wahweah6718/
Wuwe6713/
Wasswas6710/
Wawy6710/
Wahawwa679/
Wahwaya678/
Uaua676/
Waiweha676/
Wasuapp674/
Waichua674/
Wassswa673/
Wuwo673/
Wayahua672/
Baiuwah671/
Wayiway671/
Vahyuwa671/
Wawá671/
Wajubaa671/
Waswath671/
Wasswaa671/
Wahyhua671/
Wahasua671/
Wahawah671/
Wahawai671/
Waaiswa671/
Wajuwot671/
Waishua671/
Waishwa671/
Waisuha671/
Waiswaa671/
Wuwi671/
Baihuwa671/
Wayawat671/
Wayuwed671/
Vayuwat671/
Waiywat671/
Waihowa671/
Waewwai671/
Hwaiwai671/
Wachuas670/

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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 Wauwa
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