Wayae Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Wayae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 72 | 1:113,246 | 15,376 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
Wayae (50) may also be a first name.
Wayae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wayae is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wayae reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wayae is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 50 people.
The surname Wayae is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 113,246. In Papua New Guinea Wayae is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Wayae is found in one country. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Wayae
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