Wahaya Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Wahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wahaya (63) may also be a first name.
Wahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wahaya has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wahaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahaya? popularity and diffusion
Wahaya is the 2,635,433rd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Wahaya is primarily found in Asia, where 54 percent of Wahaya live; 35 percent live in Southeast Asia and 35 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wahaya is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 63 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 7,347,177. In Indonesia Wahaya is mostly found in: Lampung, where 72 percent reside, Gorontalo, where 17 percent reside and Bengkulu, where 11 percent reside. Other than Indonesia Wahaya is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and Pakistan, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Wahaya
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