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
Waiyah is found most in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiyah? popularity and diffusion
Waiyah is the 2,255,512th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. Waiyah occurs mostly 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 numerous forename globally. It is borne by 194 people.
The surname Waiyah is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 3,574,303. In Indonesia Waiyah is most common in: Central Java, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia Waiyah exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 35 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 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 Waiyah
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