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) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waray? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waray is the 921,780th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,392,146 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Waray are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Waray is also the 504,994th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 304 people.
This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 671,316. In Indonesia it is most common in: Papua, where 94 percent live, West Papua, where 5 percent live and Maluku, where 1 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 percent live.
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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