Waqiah Surname
Approximately 805 people bear this surname
Waqiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 800 | 1:165,311 | 16,062 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waqiah (1,423) may also be a first name.
Waqiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waqiah is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Waqiah.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqiah? popularity and diffusion
Waqiah is the 428,665th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 9,052,852 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Waqiah are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 206,897th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 1,423 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 800 people, or 1 in 165,311. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 68 percent are found, West Java, where 12 percent are found and Central Java, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 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 Waqiah
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