Wawo Surname
Approximately 3,488 people bear this surname
Wawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,775 | 1:47,657 | 5,364 |
| Cameroon | 362 | 1:57,373 | 7,409 |
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Wawo (478) may also be a first name.
Wawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wawo is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wawo.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 129,811th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,089,319 people. Wawo is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Wawo reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 389,041st most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 478 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,775 people, or 1 in 47,657. In Indonesia Wawo is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 57 percent reside, North Sulawesi, where 18 percent reside and Jakarta, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia Wawo is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wawoh | 89 | 543 | / |
| Wawou | 89 | 84 | / |
| Waiwo | 89 | 38 | / |
| Wawot | 89 | 28 | / |
| Wawuo | 89 | 21 | / |
| Wawoi | 89 | 14 | / |
| Wauwo | 89 | 13 | / |
| Whawo | 89 | 11 | / |
| Wahwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Weawo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wawoo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wajwod | 80 | 15 | / |
| Waiwuo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Waewoh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waywod | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wawouh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waiwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wawout | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weawou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wasswo | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wawa | 75 | 18,450 | / |
| Wewo | 75 | 322 | / |
| Wavo | 75 | 70 | / |
| Vawo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Uawo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wawá | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waiwood | 73 | 39 | / |
| Waiwoot | 73 | 5 | / |
| Waywoop | 73 | 0 | / |
| Waiwa | 67 | 20,222 | / |
| Wawah | 67 | 310 | / |
| Wahwa | 67 | 189 | / |
| Wauwa | 67 | 90 | / |
| Bawoj | 67 | 32 | / |
| Wawua | 67 | 29 | / |
| Waawa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Huawo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Waewa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wavou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hwabo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wawaa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Waivo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bajwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waywa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Weuwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weiwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whavo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wayuo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waweu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wajwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bawoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wewoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wavop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vawou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vauwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waboï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baw'o | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wavoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vawoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baywo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahuo | 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
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- 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 Wawo
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