Waziya Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Waziya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Waziya (44) may also be a first name.
Waziya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waziya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waziya (Hindi: वाजिया) is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waziya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waziya is the 1,095,216th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The last name Waziya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waziya live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Waziya is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 44 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waziya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waziya in the Hindi language | ||
| वाजिया | vajiya | 50 |
| वजिया | vajiya | 50 |
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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 Waziya
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