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
Wave Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wave is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wave? popularity and diffusion
It is the 866,642nd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Wave are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 397,322nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 461 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 123,168. In Burkina Faso Wave is mostly found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 87 percent reside, Sud-Ouest Region, where 9 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside.
Wave Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wave surname 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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