Wawey Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Wawey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Wawey (12) may also be a first name.
Wawey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wawey is most common in The Philippines. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Wawey are found; 84 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Wawey is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 2,469,225. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 98 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Wawey
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