Wosau Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Wosau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wosau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wosau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wosau is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wosau.
How Common Is The Last Name Wosau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Wosau live; 84 percent live in Oceania Islands and 84 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Wosau is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 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
- 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 Wosau
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