Wulaya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Wulaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wulaya (21) may also be a first name.
Wulaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wulaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wulaya is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wulaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wulaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wulaya live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wulaya is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 21 people.
Wulaya is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent live.
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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 Wulaya
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