Kawoya Surname
Approximately 1,231 people bear this surname
Kawoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,169 | 1:33,395 | 4,467 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawoya (13) may also be a first name.
Kawoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawoya is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 307,015th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,920,021 people. The surname Kawoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kawoya live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name Kawoya is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 1,169 people, or 1 in 33,395. In Uganda Kawoya is most common in: Kampala District, where 17 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 14 percent reside and Mukono District, where 8 percent reside. Besides Uganda it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 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
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- 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 Kawoya
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