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
Wiay is most common in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 855,216th most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The last name Wiay occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wiay live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
Wiay is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 421,176. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Papua, where 76 percent are found, Papua, where 24 percent are found and Jakarta, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.
Wiay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wiay has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 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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