Wuyah Surname

543,414th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 590 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wuyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wuyah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5691:311,32317,268
Liberia171:259,32615,766
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Wuyah (884) may also be a first name.

Wuyah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wuyah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wuyah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 543,414th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,351,773 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wuyah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wuyah is also the 273,464th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 884 people.

The last name Wuyah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 569 people, or 1 in 311,323. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 80 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wouyah913/
Wuya89706/
Wuyh890/
Wiyah801,110/
Woyah80862/
Wayah80264/
Wuaya8036/
Wujah8035/
Weyah8032/
Wyjah807/
Wuiya806/
Wuuya802/
Wuyha802/
Wuyeh802/
Vuyah801/
Wueah801/
Wuyau801/
Uoyah801/
Wuyaz801/
Wuy75114/
Woyach73130/
Wujaya7367/
Woeyah7334/
Wayahs7311/
Wahyah733/
Woyath732/
Wuahio731/
Weyach731/
Buoyah731/
Whayah731/
Whoyah731/
Wuyaya731/
Wuahee731/
Uahyah731/
Wayach731/
Weyaha731/
Wheyah731/
Wuyaja731/
Wuhaya731/
Buyaha730/
Weyath730/
Weah6731,589/
Waya6717,799/
Weya6717,420/
Buya6710,191/
Wahu675,861/
Weyh672,278/
Wiya672,220/
Woya67868/
Wahy67424/
Wuye67379/
Wuyo67221/
Wayh67216/
Vuya67190/
Uiya67176/
Wuyi6777/
Waih6734/
Uoya6730/
Wuja6726/
Buyh6715/
Weuh679/
Wauh677/
Wuaa677/
Wuey676/
Wuia675/
Wouh675/
Wahayah674/
Wajh674/
Uaya673/
Ueyh673/
Woyasch672/
Wu'a672/
Wuea671/
D'Weyah671/
Wyia671/
Ueah671/
Uahj671/
Wahj671/
Whuy671/
Vwuy671/
Wuyp671/
Wuay671/
Wuoy671/
Wyja671/
Wuih671/
Wuhy671/

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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 Wuyah
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