Wagaya Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Wagaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 317 | 1:60,543 | 2,869 |
| Kenya | 109 | 1:423,669 | 23,058 |
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wagaya (96) may also be a first name.
Wagaya Demographics
Wagaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wagaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wagaya is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wagaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 550,571st most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. The last name Wagaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wagaya live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 968,397th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 96 people.
This last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 317 people, or 1 in 60,543. In Niger it is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 55 percent live, Agadez Region, where 22 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 19 percent live. Apart from Niger Wagaya exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 19 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.
Wagaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wagaya last name is primarily 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 Wagaya
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