Wiy Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Wiy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 152 | 1:870,060 | 65,341 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
Wiy (22) may also be a first name.
Wiy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiy occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wiy.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wiy is the 1,321,499th most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Wiy is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Wiy reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wiy is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 22 people.
The last name Wiy is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 870,060. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Central Java, where 93 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 7 percent live. Beside Indonesia Wiy is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Taiwan, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiey | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wwiy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hwiy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wi | 80 | 35,792 | / |
| Wy | 80 | 604 | / |
| Wahiy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whiey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwhiy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wei | 67 | 12,153,338 | / |
| Wai | 67 | 407,920 | / |
| Way | 67 | 46,255 | / |
| Wey | 67 | 6,103 | / |
| Wie | 67 | 3,291 | / |
| Viy | 67 | 1,967 | / |
| Woy | 67 | 1,627 | / |
| Woi | 67 | 1,299 | / |
| Wui | 67 | 1,191 | / |
| Wii | 67 | 992 | / |
| Wij | 67 | 599 | / |
| Hwi | 67 | 375 | / |
| Why | 67 | 219 | / |
| Wih | 67 | 189 | / |
| Vwi | 67 | 170 | / |
| Wuy | 67 | 114 | / |
| Wiß | 67 | 98 | / |
| Whi | 67 | 98 | / |
| Wyy | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wiå | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wyß | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hwy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wyi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wgi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wwi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vwy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wyh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wwy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wáy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wiy
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