Wavin Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wavin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wavin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wavin (35) may also be a first name.

Wavin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wavin Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wavin occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wavin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Wavin reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wavin is also the 1,744,716th most common first name throughout the world, held by 35 people.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 54 percent live, Morobe, where 36 percent live and Central, where 4 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and Ireland, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weavin9162/
Wavine9125/
Wavein910/
Weavein830/
Bavin801,744/
Vavin80282/
Waven804/
Wovin803/
Wavén802/
Wavim801/
Wevin800/
Wavicent771/
Beavin73699/
Vavina73411/
Vavine73320/
Bauvin73315/
Weaven73186/
Bavain734/
Wawine733/
Vavain732/
Wayven732/
Vavein731/
Bavoin731/
Vavien731/
Vaivin731/
Vewain731/
Wawein731/
Wavene731/
Wasven731/
Woivin731/
Wawien731/
Wovine731/
Bowain730/
Waaveen677/
Baawain672/
Waiwain672/
Wawginh671/
Baavain671/
Bahwain671/
Vavinne671/
Vavigne671/
Wawaine671/
Vaevien671/
Vaivine671/
Weisvin671/
Wawetin671/
Wayvene671/
Beavain671/
Wahaven670/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wavin
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