Wajes Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wajes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wajes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wajes is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wajes live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Wajes is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Borno, where 94 percent are found and Bauchi, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 6 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 Wajes
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