Wav Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Wav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wav (48) may also be a first name.
Wav Demographics
Average Wav Salary in
United States
$27,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wav Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wav is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wav? popularity and diffusion
Wav is the 1,628,521st most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wav reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 48 people.
The last name Wav is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 88 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent live and Delta, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Wav Last Name Statistics demography
Wav earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.
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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 Wav
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis