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 found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wolei.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Wolei is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Wolei reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wolei is also the 2,239,265th most common first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.
The last name Wolei is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Hela, where 33 percent reside, Madang, where 33 percent reside and West Sepik, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Brazil, where 17 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 Wolei
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