Wiwai Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Wiwai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiwai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wiwai (45) may also be a first name.

Wiwai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wiwai is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiwai? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Wiwai is mostly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Wiwai are found; 89 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 89 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wiwai is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 45 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 76 percent live and Jiwaka, where 24 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waiwai91341/
Woiwai911/
Wiwi892,655/
Wiwa892,047/
Hwaiwai831/
Waiwa8020,222/
Woiwa80110/
Wiwih8068/
Wiwie8040/
Weiwa8015/
Wewai8012/
Wiwei8011/
Uiwai807/
Wuiwa805/
Wiwii803/
Wi'wi801/
Wiwua801/
Hwiwi801/
Wiwaa801/
Wahaiwai778/
Wiwaha73790/
Weiwei73469/
Woiwoi73122/
Wiwacz7348/
Weiwad7315/
Woibai735/
Wuiwui735/
Wiwaah734/
Wijwij734/
Waiwad734/
Wewaio734/
Wiewei731/
Wiewie731/
Wiwiya731/
Whiwhi731/
Biwayi731/
Buiwai731/
Voiwai731/
Wywais731/
Weihwa731/
Wywait730/
Wishwajith67658/
Wewa67586/
Wiwe67290/
Wuwa6736/
Viwa6735/
Waiwash6734/
Wiva6727/
Baiwayi6715/
Vishwai6715/
Wiswash6710/
Biwajih674/
Waiwaye673/
Wivi673/
Uiwa672/
Wiwj671/
Wjwa671/
Wiweach671/
Wishwad671/
Wishwah671/
Weiwadt671/
Wywa671/
Wweiwei671/

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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 Wiwai
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