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 most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Wowal is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wowal reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Wowal is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 91 percent live and New Ireland, where 9 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
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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