Wawai Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Wawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wawai (116) may also be a first name.
Wawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wawai occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawai? popularity and diffusion
Wawai is the 1,785,358th most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Wawai are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 72 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 868,627th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 116 people.
The surname Wawai is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea Wawai is primarily concentrated in: Northern, where 87 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent live and West Sepik, where 3 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 12 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 8 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
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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 Wawai
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