Wosae Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Wosae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wosae (17) may also be a first name.
Wosae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wosae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wosae is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wosae.
How Common Is The Last Name Wosae? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wosae are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wosae is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 143,048. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 61 percent are found, Madang, where 18 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohsae | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wosahe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wasae | 80 | 81 | / |
| Wosoe | 80 | 28 | / |
| Wasahe | 73 | 455 | / |
| Wasaee | 73 | 61 | / |
| Boshae | 73 | 43 | / |
| Wosseu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Wosohe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wassae | 73 | 4 | / |
| Waesae | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wasaea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wasaey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Boosae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasaae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wossoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bosahe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bousae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Washae | 73 | 0 | / |
| Voosae | 73 | 0 | / |
| Woshayyeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boschae | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wossoua | 67 | 7 | / |
| Boussae | 67 | 5 | / |
| Weshaey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washaea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wousseu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wosae
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