Wimai Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Wimai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wimai (13) may also be a first name.
Wimai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wimai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wimai has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wimai.
How Common Is The Last Name Wimai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Wimai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Wimai reside; 69 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 69 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 13 people.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Wimai is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 89 percent reside and West New Britain, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 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 Wimai
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