Wamey Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Wamey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 94 | 1:220,948 | 22,265 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wamey Demographics
Average Wamey Salary in
United States
$89,604 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wamey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamey is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wamey.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Wamey are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 220,948. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent live, Littoral Region, where 16 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Wamey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wamey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wamey last name expanded 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wamey Last Name Statistics demography
Wamey earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 107.66% more than the national average, earning $89,604 USD per year.
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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 Wamey
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