Waiyah Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Waiyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
Waiyah (194) may also be a first name.
Waiyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waiyah is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,255,512th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name Waiyah is mostly found in Asia, where 52 percent of Waiyah reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Waiyah is also the 651,944th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 194 people.
The surname Waiyah is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 3,574,303. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Central Java, where 100 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 35 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 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
- 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 Waiyah
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