Wabaya Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Wabaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Wabaya (35) may also be a first name.
Wabaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wabaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wabaya is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wabaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wabaya is the 1,070,546th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. Wabaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wabaya reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wabaya is also the 1,744,716th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 35 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Beside The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Wabaya
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