Wahishy Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Wahishy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 35 | 1:755,008 | 11,174 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
Wahishy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahishy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wahishy is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahishy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wahishy is the 3,017,195th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Wahishy are found; 83 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
The surname is most common in Yemen, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 755,008. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Aden Governorate, where 83 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 14 percent live and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 3 percent live. Other than Yemen this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Tunisia, where 17 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 Wahishy
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