Wandiya Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Wandiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 96 | 1:84,935 | 11,249 |
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wandiya (404) may also be a first name.
Wandiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wandiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wandiya is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,210,518th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Wandiya are found; 49 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 429,175th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 404 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 84,935. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 95 percent live, Enga, where 4 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 1 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
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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 Wandiya
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