Wosike Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Wosike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wosike (20) may also be a first name.
Wosike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wosike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wosike has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wosike? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wosike reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Wosike
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis