Waija Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Waija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Waija (98) may also be a first name.
Waija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waija has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Waija reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Waija is also the 956,749th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 98 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Waija is most prevalent in: Hela, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 32 percent are found and Bolivia, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Waija
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