Womai Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Womai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
Womai (43) may also be a first name.
Womai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Womai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Womai occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Womai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,628,521st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Womai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 53 percent of Womai live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Womai is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 43 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 125,442. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 43 percent are found, Chimbu, where 22 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Womai is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 47 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 Womai
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