Wumar Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

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

Wumar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wumar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Wumar (20) may also be a first name.

Wumar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wumar occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wumar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Wumar occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Wumar reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wumar is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 20 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Wumar is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woumar912/
Wumair911/
Bumar80337/
Wimar8056/
Womar8022/
Vumar804/
Boumar73356/
Wiemar73174/
Baumar7372/
Bummar7311/
Bumair7311/
Wommar736/
Vummar734/
Wimmar732/
Vaumar731/
Vumhar731/
Woomar731/
Voumard67635/
Bouhmar67126/
Baumayr6732/
Boumhar672/
Bumahar671/
Vouhmar671/
Woumore671/
Vaumare671/
Wiemmar670/
Bumhaur670/

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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 Wumar
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