Wahiya Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Wahiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Wahiya (188) may also be a first name.
Wahiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wahiya is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,163,787th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Wahiya live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wahiya is also the 663,277th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 188 people.
Wahiya is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Besides Malawi Wahiya exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent reside and Indonesia, where 15 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
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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 Wahiya
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