Wawatai Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Wawatai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wawatai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand1011:44,8357,402
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Wawatai Last Name Facts

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

Wawatai occurs most in New Zealand. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wawatai.

How Common Is The Last Name Wawatai? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wawatai is the 1,736,881st most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. Wawatai is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wawatai live; 99 percent live in Australasia and 99 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Wawatai is most numerous in New Zealand, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 44,835. In New Zealand it is most numerous in: Bay of Plenty Region, where 19 percent are found, Hawke's Bay Region, where 16 percent are found and Wellington Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from New Zealand this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 8 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wawati9231/
Wawata9219/
Wahwati8668/
Wawatie8634/
Waiwata861/
Vawati77130/
Wavata7752/
Wawota7712/
Wawate7712/
Wawoti779/
Wauati779/
Waiwattha75158/
Waewadtha751/
Bahwati71839/
Bawataa71162/
Babatai7110/
Waibata712/
Wavatha712/
Waiweta712/
Wahawaytih711/
Vawatiy711/
Waswate711/
Wabattah67122/
Waiwethi674/
Bawatiya671/
Bouwatai671/
Wayhuata671/
Vahawati671/

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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 Wawatai
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