Wayas Surname

189,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Wayas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wayas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4671:120,7527,970
Philippines5361:188,87730,158
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Cameroon561:370,87632,690
Mexico451:2,758,36022,009
India301:25,568,846339,406
England141:3,979,861125,553
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Marshall Islands21:25,9101,967
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Wayas (338) may also be a first name.

Wayas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wayas (Hindi: व्यास, Marathi: यास) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wayas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 189,210th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,263,567 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Wayas live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 475,334th most common first name internationally It is held by 338 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,467 people, or 1 in 120,752. In Nigeria Wayas is most frequent in: Plateau, where 15 percent are found, Adamawa, where 11 percent are found and Kaduna, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Wayas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wayas last name are 45.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 92% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wayas earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.26% more than the national average, earning $45,418 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wayase91135/
Wayahs9111/
Wayash918/
Wahyas914/
Ways891,032/
Wayashe8320/
Wayasse831/
Bayas8014,767/
Waais809,441/
Waays802,494/
Vayas801,614/
Wayse80195/
Wayhs80181/
Wayaz80171/
Wayss80124/
Wayts80109/
Wayes80102/
Wayis8064/
Waeys8024/
Waysz8015/
Wajas807/
Wyjas807/
Wahys805/
Waias803/
Weyas803/
Wiyas802/
Wayus802/
Wayos801/
Way's801/
Wayaj801/
Waysh801/
Wayys801/
Wayds800/
Wayzs800/
Vayase733,245/
Huayas73489/
Wayise73273/
Weyass73162/
Wahyus73107/
Bayash7366/
Wajash7340/
Weyaus7331/
Woyasz7322/
Waysse7319/
Wayuse7318/
Wiyase7313/
Vayash7312/
Wayseh736/
Wayese734/
Waiahs731/
Wayesh731/
Waytts731/
Vhayas731/
Waaish731/
Wahais731/
Wa'ays731/
Wa'ais731/
Wayach731/
Wayshe731/
Bayass730/
Wais6716,586/
Bays6710,741/
Vays674,768/
Wajs673,097/
Weas67350/
Weys67225/
Uays6761/
Vayashe6760/
Waus6753/
Woys6745/
Wayß6716/
Wayz679/
Wahaish677/
Wayeshe674/
Bahyash674/
Weyasse672/
Woyasch672/
Woyasse672/
Waiasse671/
Waıs671/
Wajasse671/
Wayś671/

Wayas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wayas in the Hindi language
व्यासvyasa-
Wayas in the Marathi language
यासyasa81.25
वायसvayasa12.5
वयसvayasa6.25

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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
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  • 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 Wayas
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