Wawit Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wawit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wawit (116) may also be a first name.
Wawit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wawit is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wawit.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawit? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Wawit are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wawit is also the 868,627th most widely held first name internationally, held by 116 people.
It is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 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 Wawit
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