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
Wadeya is found most in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 492,243rd most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wadeya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 106,665. In Uganda Wadeya is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 28 percent reside, Sironko District, where 15 percent reside and Buikwe District, where 8 percent reside. Other than Uganda it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 28 percent reside and Tanzania, where 17 percent reside.
Wadeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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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