Wayeya Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Wayeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Wayeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wayeya is most common in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayeya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Wayeya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wayeya live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 1,259,332. In Uganda Wayeya is most common in: Mbale District, where 52 percent live, Kayunga District, where 29 percent live and Sironko District, where 10 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live.
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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 Wayeya
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