Wajau Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Wajau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wajau (142) may also be a first name.
Wajau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wajau is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wajau.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wajau reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wajau is also the 775,413th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 142 people.
The surname Wajau is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 94 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Kaduna, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 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 Wajau
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