Wave Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Wave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 149 | 1:123,168 | 3,489 |
| Iran | 63 | 1:1,218,770 | 52,259 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
Wave (461) may also be a first name.
Wave Demographics
Average Wave Salary in
England
£30,800
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Wave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wave is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wave? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 866,642nd most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Wave live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wave is also the 397,322nd most common given name globally It is held by 461 people.
The surname Wave is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 123,168. In Burkina Faso Wave is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 87 percent are found, Sud-Ouest Region, where 9 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found.
Wave Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (80%) in Ireland.
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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 Wave
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