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 may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 953,750th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. Wabayi occurs predominantly 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 world-wide It is held by 11 people.
The last name Wabayi is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 57,821. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Matabeleland North Province, where 50 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 34 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 7 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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
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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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