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 carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Winiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Winiya reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 34 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside.
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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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