Wawi Surname
Approximately 2,594 people bear this surname
Wawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 588 | 1:224,914 | 20,946 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Papua New Guinea | 413 | 1:19,743 | 2,060 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Iran | 138 | 1:556,395 | 31,798 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Jordan | 49 | 1:180,458 | 9,134 |
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Wawi (2,753) may also be a first name.
Wawi Demographics
Average Wawi Salary in
United States
$66,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻭﻱ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawi? popularity and diffusion
Wawi is the 166,812th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,809,385 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Wawi reside; 29 percent reside in West Asia and 25 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Wawi is also the 139,283rd most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 2,753 people.
The last name Wawi is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 588 people, or 1 in 224,914. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Papua, where 25 percent live, South Sumatra, where 23 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 14 percent live. Besides Indonesia Wawi occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
Wawi Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Wawi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 11.79% more than the national average, earning R 265,656 per year and in United States they earn 55.08% more than the national average, earning $66,917 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻭﻱ | wawy | - |
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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 Wawi
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