Wuw Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Wuw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Wuw (24) may also be a first name.
Wuw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wuw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wuw is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wuw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wuw is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. Wuw is mostly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Wuw live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name world-wide, held by 24 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 4,560,317. In Indonesia Wuw is most numerous in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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 Wuw
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