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
The last name Wawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻭﻱ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wawi is the 166,812th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,809,385 people. Wawi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Wawi reside; 29 percent reside in West Asia and 25 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 139,283rd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 2,753 people.
The last name Wawi is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 588 people, or 1 in 224,914. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Papua, where 25 percent are found, South Sumatra, where 23 percent are found and East Nusa Tenggara, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia it occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 21 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found.
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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