Waway Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Waway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Waway (765) may also be a first name.
Waway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waway is most common in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waway? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Waway reside; 57 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 296,849th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 765 people.
It is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 4,560,317. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 100 percent live. Not including Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and Kenya, where 2 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 Waway
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