Wanya Surname
Approximately 1,224 people bear this surname
Wanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 493 | 1:149,857 | 15,681 |
| Thailand | 376 | 1:187,868 | 30,871 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Kenya | 48 | 1:962,081 | 34,106 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Wanya (4,083) may also be a first name.
Wanya Demographics
Average Wanya Salary in
United States
$22,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanya (Arabic: وانيا, Hindi: वाण्या, Marathi: वाण्या) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 308,323rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,953,877 people. The last name Wanya is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Wanya are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wanya is also the 108,952nd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 4,083 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 493 people, or 1 in 149,857. Not including The DR Congo Wanya occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 31 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Wanya Last Name Statistics demography
Wanya earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.95% less than the national average, earning $22,458 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanya in the Marathi language | ||
| वाण्या | vanya | - |
| Wanya in the Hindi language | ||
| वाण्या | vanya | 90.32 |
| वांया | vanya | 3.23 |
| वान्या | van'ya | 3.23 |
| वान्य | van'ya | 3.23 |
| Wanya in the Arabic language | ||
| وانيا | wanya | - |
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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 Wanya
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