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 more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wasiaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasiaya is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Wasiaya are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 9 people.
The last name Wasiaya is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most common in: Siaya County, where 80 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 20 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 38 percent reside.
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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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