Wawete Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Wawete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wawete (11) may also be a first name.
Wawete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wawete has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawete? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Wawete reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Wawete is most frequent in: Morobe, where 86 percent live, Chimbu, where 7 percent live and Western Highlands, where 7 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 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
- 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 Wawete
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