Wayena Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Wayena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wayena (15) may also be a first name.
Wayena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wayena occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Wayena reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 15 people.
Wayena is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Madang, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 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 Wayena
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