Kwayumba Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kwayumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwayumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1611:286,83218,555
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kwayumba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwayumba is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kwayumba.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwayumba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,364,059th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Kwayumba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwayumba live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 286,832. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya Kwayumba is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Kwayumba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kwayumba last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwaumba937/
Kwayamba8850/
Gwayumba888/
Kwahumba886/
Kwayimba881/
Nkwayimba822/
Khwayimba821/
Kwaemba801/
Kweyamba753,327/
Kweyemba7523/
Kwiyamba7518/
Gwahumba759/
Kuayamba751/
Kwajumbe751/
Gwayemba751/
Gwajumba751/
Kweyimba751/
Kwayembi751/
Ngwayimba712/
Gcwayimba711/
Kweambi674/
Ngcwayimba672/
Kweanua671/

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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 Kwayumba
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