Wia Surname
Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname
Wia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 595 | 1:13,704 | 1,293 |
| Indonesia | 387 | 1:341,729 | 29,673 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Wia (1,750) may also be a first name.
Wia Demographics
Average Wia Salary in
United States
$28,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wia is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 330,363rd most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 6,500,933 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Wia reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wia is also the 183,133rd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 1,750 people.
Wia is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 595 people, or 1 in 13,704. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 39 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 19 percent live and Western Highlands, where 8 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and Taiwan, where 2 percent live.
Wia Last Name Statistics demography
Wia earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.99% less than the national average, earning $28,050 USD per year.
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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 Wia
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