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 occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabayi? popularity and diffusion
Wabayi is the 953,750th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wabayi are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 267 people, or 1 in 57,821. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Matabeleland North Province, where 50 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 34 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Wabayi
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