Agwaya Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Agwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 140 | 1:278,852 | 19,916 |
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Agwaya Demographics
Agwaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Agwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agwaya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agwaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 948,111th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. Agwaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Agwaya are found; 78 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 278,852. In Uganda Agwaya is most prevalent in: Amuria District, where 70 percent live, Soroti District, where 15 percent live and Kaberamaido District, where 6 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 27 percent live and The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.
Agwaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Agwaya surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Agwaya
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