Wiai Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Wiai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 237 | 1:34,404 | 4,044 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
Wiai (63) may also be a first name.
Wiai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiai has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wiai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 996,001st most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name Wiai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wiai are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 63 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 34,404. In Papua New Guinea Wiai is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 69 percent are found, Western, where 10 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 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 Wiai
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