Wamay Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Wamay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 201 | 1:263,391 | 21,014 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wamay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamay occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,092,155th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wamay reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 263,391. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 0 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 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 Wamay
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