Alamye Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Alamye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Alamye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alamye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alamye occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alamye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Alamye is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Alamye live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 697,130. In Uganda Alamye is primarily found in: Luuka District, where 46 percent reside, Kamuli District, where 32 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 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
- 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 Alamye
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