Wisu Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Wisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Taiwan | 13 | 1:1,803,442 | 11,840 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wisu (152) may also be a first name.
Wisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wisu (Oriya: ୱିଷୁ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wisu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Wisu is primarily found in Oceania, where 46 percent of Wisu live; 46 percent live in Oceania Islands and 46 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wisu is also the 746,252nd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 152 people.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 57 percent live and Morobe, where 43 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wisu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wisu in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱିଷୁ | wisu | - |
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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 Wisu
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