Waie Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Waie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 116 | 1:38,005 | 3,523 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Waie (123) may also be a first name.
Waie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waie (Hindi: वाइॅ) is most common in Liberia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 948,111th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname Waie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Waie live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Waie is also the 840,349th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 123 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 38,005. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 66 percent live, Montserrado County, where 29 percent live and Margibi County, where 3 percent live. Barring Liberia it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 39 percent live and Pakistan, where 9 percent live.
Waie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Waie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waie last name fell 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waie in the Hindi language | ||
| वाइॅ | vaie | 50 |
| वाइे | vaie | 25 |
| वाइॆ | vaie | 25 |
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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 Waie
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