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 surname Wabaya occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,070,546th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname Wabaya is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wabaya live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 77 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wabaya is also the 1,744,716th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 35 people.
The surname Wabaya is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Excluding The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Wabaya
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