Winiya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Winiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Winiya (34) may also be a first name.
Winiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Winiya is most common in The DR Congo. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Winiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Winiya reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Winiya is also the 1,775,424th most common first name in the world, held by 34 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Beside The DR Congo Winiya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.
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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 Winiya
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