Wulanga Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wulanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wulanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wulanga (13) may also be a first name.

Wulanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wulanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wulanga is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wulanga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Wulanga reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Jiwaka, where 86 percent reside and West New Britain, where 14 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 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
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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 Wulanga
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