Fwaya Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Fwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 193 | 1:274,309 | 21,578 |
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Fwaya (83) may also be a first name.
Fwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fwaya is found most in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fwaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Fwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 821,713th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwaya are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Fwaya is also the 1,052,971st most widespread first name in the world, held by 83 people.
The surname Fwaya is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 274,309. In Tanzania Fwaya is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 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 Fwaya
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