Woya Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Woya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast4131:55,8633,349
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Indonesia751:1,763,323114,023
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
Cameroon511:407,23734,925
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Benin181:574,20035,798
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Woya (379) may also be a first name.

Woya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻱ) is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Woya.

How Common Is The Last Name Woya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 403,960th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Woya live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 445,512th most commonly held first name globally, held by 379 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 413 people, or 1 in 55,863. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 95 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 2 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast Woya occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woyah89862/
Woyaa8943/
Woyat8939/
Wooya8932/
Woyap8919/
Wohya892/
Woyad891/
Woy861,627/
Woa86291/
Woyach80130/
Wojaya8086/
Woeyah8034/
Woyasz8022/
Wouyah803/
Woyath802/
Whoyah801/
Boya7557,592/
Waya7517,799/
Weya7517,420/
Woja753,225/
Wiya752,220/
Woyo751,490/
Wuya75706/
Woye75472/
Voya75200/
Woyi75168/
Woia75160/
Woys7545/
Wooy7542/
Uoya7530/
Wojy7513/
Whoy7511/
Woiy759/
Whoa754/
Wohy754/
Wooa751/
Wyja751/
Hwoa751/
Wuoy751/
Wo'a751/
Wyia751/
Hwoy751/
Woyasch732/
Wiyah671,110/
Wahya67800/
Wuyah67590/
Voyat67484/
Oueya67340/
Wayah67264/
Woyee67223/
Hwaya67221/
Voyau67203/
Vioya67200/
Booya6784/
Woyie6780/
Vouya6766/
Woyeh6756/
Woyth6752/
Whaya6746/
Wohha6745/
Wuaya6736/
Weyah6732/
Boyaa6728/
Woytt6723/
Wiyaz6721/
Weyau6714/
Woyoh6713/
Woiah6712/
Wouha6711/
Wijya6710/
Wohia6710/
Huoya6710/
Wyjad679/
Wouja679/
Voyas678/
Wyjas677/
Wyjah677/
Wojah677/
Wojat677/
Wuiya676/
Boyha676/
Voyah675/
Wayha674/
Wihya672/
Buoya672/
Weyha672/
Hwiya672/
Uhoya672/
Wuyha672/
Woeye672/
Wuuya672/
Wayaa672/
Woyep672/
Vohya672/
Woyet672/
Wohyo672/
Voeya671/
Voyad671/
Vyoya671/
Wojaz671/
Wweya671/
Weyaa671/
Vwiya671/
Wohea671/
Hwoja671/
Wuyau671/
Uoyah671/
Vgoya671/
Wuyaz671/
Wouhouya671/
Wooye671/
Wohja671/
Wojad671/
Boïya671/
Vweya671/
Woeyy671/
Whoey670/

Woya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Woya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﻱwy50
ﻭﻳﻪwyh50

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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 Woya
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