Wagayya Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Wagayya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wagayya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagayya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wagayya occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagayya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Wagayya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wagayya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 479,800. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 45 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 35 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 15 percent reside. Other than Niger it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waghayya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Waggayya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wagaiya | 86 | 33 | / |
| Bagayya | 86 | 8 | / |
| Vagayya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wagayia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wagya | 83 | 87 | / |
| Waghaiya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wagayaou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baggayya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baghayya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vangayya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vaghayya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vaagayya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wangaaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wangya | 77 | 77 | / |
| Waghya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wagjay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bagayao | 71 | 780 | / |
| Bagaaya | 71 | 182 | / |
| Wangyai | 71 | 162 | / |
| Bagaiya | 71 | 143 | / |
| Wanguya | 71 | 118 | / |
| Waguiya | 71 | 21 | / |
| Bogayya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Waingya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wangyah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wagea | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wagao | 67 | 22 | / |
| Baghaiya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wagja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wagyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bagayaho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wagayya
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