Wabayi Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Wabayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 267 | 1:57,821 | 8,768 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wabayi (11) may also be a first name.
Wabayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wabayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wabayi is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabayi? popularity and diffusion
Wabayi is the 953,750th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wabayi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Wabayi is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 57,821. In Zimbabwe Wabayi is mostly found in: Matabeleland North Province, where 50 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 34 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe Wabayi exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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
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- 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 Wabayi
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