Wacay Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Wacay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 366 | 1:276,607 | 40,267 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Wacay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wacay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wacay has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wacay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 772,238th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wacay reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
Wacay is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 276,607. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 27 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 25 percent live and Central Visayas, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wacay
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