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 held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Visayas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 655,080th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. The surname 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 prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 65 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 242,197. In The Philippines Visayas is most prevalent in: Soccsksargen, where 16 percent live, Central Visayas, where 16 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Singapore, where 0 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 Visayas
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