Wawis Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wawis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Wawis (24) may also be a first name.
Wawis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wawis is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wawis.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawis? popularity and diffusion
Wawis is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wawis is mostly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Wawis are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 86 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wawis is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 24 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mexico, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wawish | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wawes | 80 | 54 | / |
| Wowis | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wavis | 80 | 7 | / |
| Vawis | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wewis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wahawish | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wavish | 73 | 92 | / |
| Weavis | 73 | 54 | / |
| Wabish | 73 | 19 | / |
| Wawesh | 73 | 14 | / |
| Wawich | 73 | 6 | / |
| Bawish | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wowijs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wawese | 73 | 3 | / |
| Waabis | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wuavis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bawais | 73 | 2 | / |
| Uawais | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wowais | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wabois | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bahwish | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wabisch | 67 | 6 | / |
| Buowais | 67 | 4 | / |
| Huawais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahwais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouwais | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wawis
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