Wavai Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Wavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wavai (15) may also be a first name.
Wavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wavai occurs most in Kenya. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wavai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wavai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,414,640th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wavai are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 769,665. In Kenya Wavai is most numerous in: Machakos County, where 98 percent reside and Makueni County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Wavai
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