Wauwe Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Wauwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 400 | 1:20,384 | 2,148 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Wauwe (132) may also be a first name.
Wauwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wauwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wauwe is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wauwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wauwe is the 713,660th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. The surname Wauwe is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wauwe are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wauwe is also the 807,735th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 132 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 400 people, or 1 in 20,384. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 69 percent reside, Chimbu, where 15 percent reside and East Sepik, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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