Wavie Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Wavie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Wavie (290) may also be a first name.
Wavie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wavie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wavie is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wavie.
How Common Is The Last Name Wavie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wavie is the 2,506,728th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wavie are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wavie is also the 518,802nd most frequently used first name globally, held by 290 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 52 percent live, Northwest Region, where 46 percent live and Southwest Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
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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 Wavie
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