Wagaw Surname

81,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,981 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Wagaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wagaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia5,9561:16,3782,240
United States201:18,122,947588,089
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wagaw (4,277) may also be a first name.

Wagaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wagaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wagaw is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 81,249th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,218,449 people. The surname Wagaw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wagaw are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wagaw is also the 105,855th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 4,277 people.

The surname Wagaw is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,956 people, or 1 in 16,378. Not including Ethiopia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Wagaw Last Name Statistics demography

Wagaw earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.6% less than the national average, earning $35,554 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wangaw9115/
Wagawe9110/
Waghaw911/
Wagow8019/
Wagaf806/
Wagav805/
Vagaw801/
Wagowa73183/
Wagafe731/
Wagayb731/
Waghaf731/
Uangaw731/
Vaughaw674/
Weagova671/

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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 Wagaw
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