Wang'aya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Wang'aya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Wang'aya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wang'aya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wang'aya is most common in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wang'aya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wang'aya live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wang'aya is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Wang'aya is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 90 percent live and Machakos County, where 10 percent live. Excluding Kenya Wang'aya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 9 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 Wang'aya
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