Wayasa Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Wayasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wayasa (11) may also be a first name.
Wayasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wayasa occurs most in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wayasa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wayasa is the 2,091,648th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Wayasa is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Wayasa reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wayasa is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name globally, held by 11 people.
The surname Wayasa is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 629,666. In Uganda Wayasa is primarily found in: Mbale District, where 52 percent reside, Butaleja District, where 26 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 15 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Pakistan, where 4 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 Wayasa
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