Waiya Surname
Approximately 2,001 people bear this surname
Waiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1,202 | 1:6,783 | 460 |
| Thailand | 329 | 1:214,706 | 35,926 |
| Kenya | 172 | 1:268,488 | 17,784 |
| Uganda | 135 | 1:289,180 | 20,376 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Waiya (638) may also be a first name.
Waiya Demographics
Waiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waiya (Hindi: वाइया) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiya? popularity and diffusion
Waiya is the 206,971st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,641,952 people. The surname Waiya occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Waiya are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 60 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 329,390th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 638 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 1,202 people, or 1 in 6,783. In Papua New Guinea Waiya is most common in: Western Highlands, where 25 percent live, West Sepik, where 16 percent live and Western, where 9 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 16 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
Waiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waiya in the Hindi language | ||
| वाइया | va'iya | - |
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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 Waiya
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