Wagiya Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wagiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Wagiya (338) may also be a first name.
Wagiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wagiya occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Wagiya reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wagiya is also the 475,334th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 338 people.
This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western, where 83 percent live and Hela, where 17 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live.
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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 Wagiya
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