Wawie Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Wawie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wawie (376) may also be a first name.
Wawie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wawie is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wawie is the 3,228,735th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 54 percent of Wawie are found; 54 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 54 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wawie is also the 447,400th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 376 people.
The surname Wawie is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East Sepik, where 40 percent are found, Morobe, where 35 percent are found and West Sepik, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 38 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Wawie
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