Wagaja Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Wagaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wagaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wagaja is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Wagaja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wagaja reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Wagaja is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 67 percent reside, Kaduna, where 21 percent reside and Osun, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 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 Wagaja
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