Wavey Surname
Approximately 1,735 people bear this surname
Wavey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,653 | 1:46,450 | 5,273 |
| Canada | 77 | 1:478,514 | 41,057 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wavey (243) may also be a first name.
Wavey Demographics
Average Wavey Salary in
Canada
$37,424 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Wavey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wavey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wavey occurs in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wavey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 232,645th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,200,315 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Wavey reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 573,164th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 243 people.
This surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 1,653 people, or 1 in 46,450. In Iran it is most common in: Bushehr Province, where 49 percent live, Fars Province, where 9 percent live and Tehran Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Iran this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Wavey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wavey has changed through the years. In The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wavey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wavey last name is principally Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
Wavey earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 24.67% less than the national average, earning $37,424 CAD per year.
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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 Wavey
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