Wajia Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Wajia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 328 | 1:80,565 | 5,352 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Syria | 21 | 1:919,096 | 6,574 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wajia (2,060) may also be a first name.
Wajia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wajia is most common in Yemen. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajia? popularity and diffusion
Wajia is the 726,304th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wajia live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 166,134th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 2,060 people.
The surname is most common in Yemen, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 80,565. In Yemen it is most numerous in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 89 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 10 percent are found and Aden Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Pakistan, where 5 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 Wajia
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