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 surname Waziya (Hindi: वाजिया) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waziya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waziya is the 1,095,216th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waziya are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Aside from Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside.
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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