Wawe Surname
Approximately 1,754 people bear this surname
Wawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 551 | 1:37,693 | 5,043 |
| Papua New Guinea | 428 | 1:19,051 | 1,949 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Mauritania | 135 | 1:30,332 | 2,507 |
| Kenya | 98 | 1:471,223 | 24,622 |
| Indonesia | 74 | 1:1,787,151 | 115,268 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Wawe (1,003) may also be a first name.
Wawe Demographics
Average Wawe Salary in
United States
$75,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻭ) is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wawe.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wawe is the 230,634th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,154,815 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Wawe reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wawe is also the 254,051st most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 1,003 people.
Wawe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 551 people, or 1 in 37,693. In Cameroon Wawe is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 49 percent reside, North Region, where 20 percent reside and Centre Region, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Wawe Last Name Statistics demography
Wawe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wawe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻭ | waw | 60.58 |
| ﻭﺍﻭﻩ | wawh | 30.77 |
| ﺍﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 5.77 |
| ﺃﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 1.92 |
| ﻭﺍﻭﻯ | wawy | 0.96 |
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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 Wawe
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