Wanaye Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Wanaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Wanaye (51) may also be a first name.
Wanaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanaye occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,372,517th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wanaye reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wanaye is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held first name globally, held by 51 people.
The last name Wanaye is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Wanaye
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