Wiay Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Wiay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 314 | 1:421,176 | 35,391 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wiay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiay is most common in Indonesia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 855,216th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wiay reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 421,176. In Indonesia Wiay is most frequent in: West Papua, where 76 percent live, Papua, where 24 percent live and Jakarta, where 0 percent live. Besides Indonesia Wiay exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Liberia, where 0 percent live.
Wiay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wiay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiay surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wiay
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