Wasiaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wasiaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
Wasiaya (9) may also be a first name.
Wasiaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasiaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasiaya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wasiaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasiaya is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Wasiaya live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wasiaya is also the 3,941,740th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 9 people.
The last name Wasiaya is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Wasiaya is mostly found in: Siaya County, where 80 percent live and Kakamega County, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Wasiaya is found in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 38 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 Wasiaya
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