Waroy Surname
Approximately 956 people bear this surname
Waroy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 941 | 1:140,541 | 13,927 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Waroy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waroy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waroy is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waroy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 374,643rd most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,622,956 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Waroy live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
Waroy is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 941 people, or 1 in 140,541. In Indonesia Waroy is most frequent in: West Papua, where 80 percent live, Papua, where 18 percent live and North Maluku, where 2 percent live. Not including Indonesia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Waroy
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