Visayas Surname
Approximately 460 people bear this surname
Visayas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 418 | 1:242,197 | 36,620 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Visayas (65) may also be a first name.
Visayas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Visayas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Visayas is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Visayas.
How Common Is The Last Name Visayas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 655,080th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. Visayas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Visayas reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Visayas is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name globally, held by 65 people.
The surname Visayas is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 418 people, or 1 in 242,197. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Soccsksargen, where 16 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 16 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 9 percent are found and Singapore, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Visayas
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