Whaanga Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Whaanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 267 | 1:16,960 | 2,965 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Whaanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whaanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whaanga is more frequently found in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Whaanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 860,770th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Whaanga live; 96 percent live in Australasia and 96 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name Whaanga is most frequent in New Zealand, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 16,960. In New Zealand Whaanga is mostly found in: Auckland Region, where 23 percent are found, Hawke's Bay Region, where 21 percent are found and Wellington Region, where 16 percent are found. Aside from New Zealand this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent are found and Gibraltar, where 2 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 Whaanga
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