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
Visayas is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Visayas? popularity and diffusion
Visayas is the 655,080th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name Visayas is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Visayas reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 242,197. In The Philippines Visayas is primarily found in: Soccsksargen, where 16 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 16 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines Visayas occurs 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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