Wolei Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wolei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wolei (23) may also be a first name.
Wolei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wolei is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wolei is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Wolei occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Wolei reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name Wolei is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Wolei is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 33 percent are found, Madang, where 33 percent are found and West Sepik, where 33 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Wolei
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