Wawia Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Wawia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wawia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada671:549,93446,038
Cameroon661:314,68329,051
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Ivory Coast241:961,30123,927
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wawia (69) may also be a first name.

Wawia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wawia occurs most in Canada. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wawia.

How Common Is The Last Name Wawia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,155,901st most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Wawia are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,171,416th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 69 people.

The last name is most frequent in Canada, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 549,934. In Canada Wawia is mostly found in: Ontario, where 76 percent reside, British Columbia, where 12 percent reside and Alberta, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Canada this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.

Wawia Last Name Statistics demography

Wawia earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.78% less than the national average, earning $46,316 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wauwia9133/
Wawiah9110/
Wawiay912/
Waawia911/
Wawoiya831/
Wavia8042/
Wewia801/
Wabija7316/
Wahuia737/
Waviah736/
Bajwia734/
Waweha732/
Bawjia731/
Bauwia731/
Weaweah6732/
Wahweah6718/
Wabuiya679/
Wawejay676/
Waiweha676/
Waweyau675/
Wabuyia672/
Hwajbia671/
Waisuia671/
Waibe'a671/
Waweyai671/

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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 Wawia
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