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 last name Wamay is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wamay is the 1,092,155th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wamay reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wamay is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 263,391. In Tanzania it is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 0 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 0 percent are found. Besides 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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