Werai Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Werai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Werai (53) may also be a first name.
Werai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Werai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Werai is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Werai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Werai are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Werai is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 53 people.
The last name Werai is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 150,995. In Papua New Guinea Werai is most prevalent in: Bougainville, where 44 percent reside, Western, where 37 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 15 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 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 Werai
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