Werea Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Werea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Werea (37) may also be a first name.
Werea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Werea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Werea is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Werea? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,220,661st most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. Werea occurs mostly in Oceania, where 49 percent of Werea are found; 49 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 37 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Werea is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 67 percent are found, Enga, where 14 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 44 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 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
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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 Werea
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