Ekhuya Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Ekhuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 190 | 1:243,052 | 16,770 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekhuya Demographics
Ekhuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekhuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekhuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekhuya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekhuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,222,957th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekhuya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Ekhuya is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 243,052. In Kenya Ekhuya is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 93 percent live, Bungoma County, where 2 percent live and Kakamega County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Ekhuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ekhuya surname is predominantly 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 Ekhuya
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