El Wageya Surname

108,552nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Wageya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Wageya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen4,2791:6,176851
Syria91:2,144,5589,551

El Wageya Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Wageya is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Wageya? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Wageya is the 108,552nd most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,699,521 people. El Wageya occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Wageya live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name El Wageya is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 4,279 people, or 1 in 6,176. In Yemen El Wageya is primarily concentrated in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 30 percent live, Ibb Governorate, where 26 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 18 percent live. Other than Yemen this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Syria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Wasea8250/
El Baghey783/
El Wazay713/
El Vazea711/
El-Wagaa711/
El Bagay711/
El Baghaj671/
El Wasahy671/
El Wachahy633/
El Bajaj594/
El Vazaa593/
El Wazzou5660/
El Bahhaj563/
El Vaghui561/
El Weigou561/
El Bahjaji534/
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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 El Wageya
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