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
The surname Wagaya is found most frequently in Niger. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 550,571st most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Wagaya reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wagaya is also the 968,397th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 96 people.
The surname Wagaya is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 60,543. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 55 percent live, Agadez Region, where 22 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 19 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 19 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.
Wagaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname 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
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- 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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