Wayagi Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Wayagi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wayagi (17) may also be a first name.
Wayagi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayagi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wayagi occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayagi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Wayagi live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wayagi is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea Wayagi is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 44 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 44 percent reside and Morobe, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 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 Wayagi
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