Waniyo Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Waniyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Waniyo (11) may also be a first name.
Waniyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waniyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waniyo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waniyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waniyo is the 2,555,468th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Waniyo live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 11 people.
The last name Waniyo is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 46 percent are found, Borno, where 38 percent are found and Gombe, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, 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 Waniyo
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