Amwoyo Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Amwoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amwoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amwoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amwoyo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amwoyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amwoyo is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Amwoyo live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Amwoyo is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kenya Amwoyo is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and Norway, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omwoyo | 83 | 9,044 | / |
| Amboyo | 83 | 3,776 | / |
| Amwoyi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Amwayo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Amwoya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aimuoyo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Omwuoyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amboy | 73 | 3,147 | / |
| Amway | 73 | 8 | / |
| Amvoy | 73 | 3 | / |
| Anwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amwoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amwoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amwayi | 67 | 5,259 | / |
| Ambayo | 67 | 2,674 | / |
| Ambiyo | 67 | 2,046 | / |
| Amboya | 67 | 1,052 | / |
| Amboye | 67 | 798 | / |
| Hamway | 67 | 759 | / |
| Hamwey | 67 | 183 | / |
| Hamboy | 67 | 167 | / |
| Omboyo | 67 | 144 | / |
| Amwaiy | 67 | 115 | / |
| Ambuyo | 67 | 38 | / |
| Amwaya | 67 | 16 | / |
| Omwayo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ambojy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Amwiya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Anwoyi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Amweye | 67 | 10 | / |
| Amweya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Amvuyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ambeyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Anwoye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amwoit | 67 | 4 | / |
| Omuoyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Anwayo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omwoya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amnuoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omwoye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amviyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aimboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omweyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aimway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amweys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamwye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gamway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Amwoyo
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