Wiuka Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wiuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wiuka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wiuka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wiuka Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wiuka is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wiuka.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiuka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wiuka is the 4,307,654th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Wiuka occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wiuka live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Wiuka is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 95 percent live and East Sepik, where 5 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiuska911/
Wiuke801/
Wiuker7315/
Biukka731/
Wyukap731/
Wuyuka731/
Beiuka731/
Beijuka6779/
Wuyokah671/
Bijuuka671/

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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 Wiuka
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