Wawaia Surname
4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea
Wawaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wawai | 91 | 106 | / |
| Wawaa | 91 | 6 | / |
| Wawaya | 83 | 610 | / |
| Wahwai | 83 | 162 | / |
| Wawaji | 83 | 70 | / |
| Wawayi | 83 | 10 | / |
| Waawaa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wahwaya | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wauvaia | 77 | 7 | / |
| Waywaya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waewwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wahawai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wabhaia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bawaiah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wawei | 73 | 68 | / |
| Wavai | 73 | 63 | / |
| Waway | 73 | 53 | / |
| Wowai | 73 | 26 | / |
| Wawoi | 73 | 14 | / |
| Wewai | 73 | 12 | / |
| Vawai | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wawau | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wawea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wahaiwai | 71 | 8 | / |
| Babaia | 67 | 443 | / |
| Waiwai | 67 | 341 | / |
| Wabayi | 67 | 274 | / |
| Wayway | 67 | 169 | / |
| Weawea | 67 | 81 | / |
| Bawayi | 67 | 66 | / |
| Wawiji | 67 | 57 | / |
| Wawuya | 67 | 52 | / |
| Wauwau | 67 | 45 | / |
| Wawiya | 67 | 30 | / |
| Hwavai | 67 | 29 | / |
| Wahabiyah | 67 | 17 | / |
| Wawiye | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wasway | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wawieh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Waaway | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wawayo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waibea | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bawaja | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wewaio | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wawhie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wawoja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wawoya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wouwai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wawaye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waweha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wewoia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vawaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bahwai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wawuyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahwae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wavaid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woiwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawaje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waivai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawiyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whavai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uawais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaswai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waawei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weaway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wabaio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waweie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawajo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wawaia
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis