Wadeya Surname
Approximately 672 people bear this surname
Wadeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 366 | 1:106,665 | 10,503 |
| Kenya | 185 | 1:249,621 | 17,012 |
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wadeya (13) may also be a first name.
Wadeya Demographics
Wadeya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wadeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadeya is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 492,243rd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,844,562 people. Wadeya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wadeya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 106,665. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 28 percent live, Sironko District, where 15 percent live and Buikwe District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 28 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 percent live.
Wadeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wadeya last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wadeya
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