Wavina Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Wavina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wavina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Wavina (11) may also be a first name.

Wavina Last Name Facts

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

Wavina is most common in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wavina click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wavina? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Wavina is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Wavina reside; 25 percent reside in East Africa and 25 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wavina is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name globally, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasvina9210/
Wavinga922/
Wawina83565/
Bavina83476/
Vavina83411/
Wavena8322/
Bavinay7778/
Wavenga7712/
Bayvina775/
Vavinay773/
Wawaina771/
Vavaina771/
Vaviena771/
Wabinay771/
Bavineau7143/
Vavinash711/
Wavingou711/
Vaevaina711/
Vavainai711/
Vavaaina711/
Baivinay711/
Wabineau710/
Babina6710,326/
Bovina672,187/
Vovina67187/
Vavena67130/
Bauvineau67124/
Bavyna6795/
Vavyna6743/
Vevina6717/
Uabina6710/
Vabina675/
Bavena674/
Wawena673/
Vawina672/
Beauvinau671/
Vavino671/
Vobina671/
Wavhingou671/

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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 Wavina
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