Woliya Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Woliya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Woliya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woliya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woliya is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Woliya.
How Common Is The Last Name Woliya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Woliya is the 5,587,209th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Woliya reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Apart from Ethiopia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 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 Woliya
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