Wowal Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wowal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wowal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wowal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wowal is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Wowal occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wowal live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
Wowal is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 91 percent are found and New Ireland, where 9 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wowale | 91 | 62 | / |
| Whowall | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woswald | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wowol | 80 | 38 | / |
| Vowal | 80 | 28 | / |
| Wawal | 80 | 24 | / |
| Wewal | 80 | 5 | / |
| Woval | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wuwal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wawale | 73 | 77 | / |
| Bowall | 73 | 53 | / |
| Whawal | 73 | 24 | / |
| Wahwal | 73 | 19 | / |
| Wovhal | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wawall | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wawwal | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wawald | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vhowal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boiwal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bawwal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bowhal | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bowhall | 67 | 246 | / |
| Whewall | 67 | 91 | / |
| Bouhwal | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wahwale | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wooball | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whawale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahawal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wuswale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waswale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wewhall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washwal | 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 Wowal
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