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 is found most in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,321,499th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name Wiy is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Wiy are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wiy is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name globally, held by 22 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 870,060. In Indonesia Wiy is mostly concentrated in: Central Java, where 93 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 7 percent live. Barring Indonesia Wiy is found in 3 countries. It is also found 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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