Wawao Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

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

Wawao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wawao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Wawao (31) may also be a first name.

Wawao Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wawao is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wawao? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Wawao occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Wawao are found; 58 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 55 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wawao is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 31 people.

It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Northern, where 56 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 39 percent are found and East New Britain, where 6 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 42 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waiwao916/
Waewwao831/
Wawouo7325/
Wawoua734/
Wawoap731/
Wabaho731/
Bajwao731/
Bawaoo731/
Wahuao731/
Waiweha676/
Wavhaou671/
Wawoiya671/
Vawahou671/
Hwahuao671/

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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 Wawao
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