Wanaya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wanaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Wanaya (62) may also be a first name.
Wanaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanaya occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Wanaya live; 43 percent live in Oceania Islands and 43 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 62 people.
This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Wanaya is most common in: Milne Bay, where 33 percent are found, Morobe, where 33 percent are found and Western, where 33 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 29 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 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 Wanaya
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