Woiwa Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Woiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 109 | 1:74,805 | 9,807 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Woiwa (13) may also be a first name.
Woiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woiwa occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Woiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,746,159th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Woiwa are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 74,805. In Papua New Guinea Woiwa is mostly found in: Northern, where 73 percent reside, Morobe, where 13 percent reside and Chimbu, where 10 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 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
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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 Woiwa
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