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
The surname Waija is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waija? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Waija is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Waija reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 956,749th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 98 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Waija is most numerous in: Hela, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 32 percent live and Bolivia, where 5 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 Waija
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