Amwayi Surname
Approximately 5,259 people bear this surname
Amwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,203 | 1:8,876 | 1,146 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Amwayi (1,126) may also be a first name.
Amwayi Demographics
Amwayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amwayi occurs most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Amwayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amwayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amwayi is the 91,040th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,385,728 people. The surname Amwayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amwayi are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 237,464th most numerous first name in the world, held by 1,126 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 5,203 people, or 1 in 8,876. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 49 percent live, Nairobi County, where 18 percent live and Vihiga County, where 10 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent live and Iran, where 0 percent live.
Amwayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily 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 Amwayi
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