Waray Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Waray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 197 | 1:671,316 | 52,436 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Waray (304) may also be a first name.
Waray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waray Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waray (Arabic: ورأي, Hindi: वारया, Marathi: वराय) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waray? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 921,780th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 25,392,146 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Waray live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Waray is also the 504,994th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 304 people.
The last name Waray is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 671,316. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Papua, where 94 percent are found, West Papua, where 5 percent are found and Maluku, where 1 percent are found. Besides Indonesia Waray occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waray in the Hindi language | ||
| वारया | varaya | - |
| Waray in the Marathi language | ||
| वराय | varaya | - |
| Waray in the Arabic language | ||
| ورأي | wray | - |
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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 Waray
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