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
The surname Fwaya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fwaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fwaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 821,713th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwaya live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Fwaya is also the 1,052,971st most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 83 people.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 274,309. In Tanzania Fwaya is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania Fwaya exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 26 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.
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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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