Werei Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Werei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Werei (14) may also be a first name.
Werei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Werei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Werei is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Werei? popularity and diffusion
Werei is the 2,293,424th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Werei are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 14 people.
It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 123,541. In Papua New Guinea Werei is most frequent in: Manus, where 41 percent are found, West Sepik, where 26 percent are found and Morobe, where 18 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, 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
- 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 Werei
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