Woiye Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Woiye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woiye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Woiye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Woiye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Woiye is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woiye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woiye is the 3,141,416th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Woiye live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

Woiye is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 47 percent are found, Western, where 25 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Waye675,356/
Wije674,142/
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Wowe671,778/
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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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  • 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 Woiye
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