Waying Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Waying Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Waying (59) may also be a first name.
Waying Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waying Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waying is most common in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waying? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Waying occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Waying live; 42 percent live in Central Africa and 42 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Waying is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 59 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Waying is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 20 percent live, Littoral Region, where 20 percent live and North Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live and Brazil, where 8 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 Waying
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