Kwamya Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kwamya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kwamya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2081:187,68915,405
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England21:27,859,030389,889

Kwamya (43) may also be a first name.

Kwamya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kwamya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kwamya is found most in Uganda. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwamya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwamya is the 1,111,382nd most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kwamya live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 43 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 187,689. In Uganda Kwamya is most prevalent in: Hoima District, where 25 percent live, Kabarole District, where 18 percent live and Masindi District, where 15 percent live. Beside Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwamia831/
Gwamya831/
Kwahmia771/
Kuhamya771/
Kuamia672/
Gbamya671/
Gwamea671/
Gwamia671/
Gwasmia622/
Ngwamia621/
Cuamea50515/
Guamea5010/
Gbamyo501/
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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 Kwamya
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