Wouw Surname
Approximately 714 people bear this surname
Wouw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 570 | 1:232,016 | 21,479 |
| Netherlands | 134 | 1:126,024 | 19,691 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wouw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wouw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wouw is found most in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wouw.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 470,273rd most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,206,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Wouw are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Wouw is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 570 people, or 1 in 232,016. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Papua, where 74 percent reside and West Papua, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 19 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wouwe | 89 | 438 | / |
| Wow | 86 | 264 | / |
| Wuw | 86 | 34 | / |
| Weyouw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wowe | 75 | 1,778 | / |
| Wowa | 75 | 937 | / |
| Woow | 75 | 363 | / |
| Wauw | 75 | 39 | / |
| Wuwe | 75 | 13 | / |
| Wouf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wgow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuws | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woiw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wovw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wowp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wowt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woww | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wusw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wujw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woyw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuvw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuyw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hwuw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwuw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whuw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wauwe | 67 | 410 | / |
| Wayow | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wujiw | 67 | 18 | / |
| Whowe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wuhwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wayuw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waiow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wohwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wujow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whoub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woufe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wouw
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