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) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanya? popularity and diffusion
Wanya is the 308,323rd most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,953,877 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Wanya live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wanya is also the 108,952nd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 4,083 people.
The last name Wanya is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 493 people, or 1 in 149,857. Without taking into account The DR Congo Wanya exists in 26 countries. It is also found 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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