Warawiya Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Warawiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Warawiya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Warawiya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Warawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Warawiya is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Warawiya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Warawiya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Chadic Africa.

Warawiya is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,744,729. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Niger Warawiya occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warowiyah8214/
Warawai8059/
Warawey801/
Waraway801/
Baraviya753/
Barabiya752/
Watrawea751/
Warraway751/
Varaviya751/
Barabhiya7117/
Barahuiya711/
Waroway6791/
Worawai6714/
Baraway675/
Warobay675/
Warabay675/
Waravai671/
Warowei671/
Barawei671/
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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 Warawiya
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