Wayag Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wayag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wayag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Wayag Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wayag Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wayag is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wayag? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wayag is the 4,116,508th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Wayag live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Wayag is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent live and Centre Region, where 45 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wayhag911/
Wauyag911/
Wayg891/
Bayag80512/
Wayak8070/
Wajag8058/
Waiag8035/
Wayaq8012/
Wayig809/
Waygt801/
Wayeg801/
Waygh801/
Wayake7342/
Wayack7339/
Wahyug7314/
Huayag732/
Wayugh731/
Wayhig731/
Bayagh731/
Waig67138/
Weag6788/
Bayg6743/
Waug6711/
Wajg679/
Weyague677/
Wayq672/
Wajague671/
Vayg671/
Weyg671/
Wayhugh671/

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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 Wayag
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