Lemuya Surname
Approximately 2,561 people bear this surname
Lemuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,303 | 1:20,052 | 2,325 |
| Uganda | 249 | 1:156,784 | 13,701 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Lemuya (56) may also be a first name.
Lemuya Demographics
Lemuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lemuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lemuya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemuya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 168,686th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,845,586 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemuya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lemuya is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 56 people.
The last name Lemuya is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 2,303 people, or 1 in 20,052. In Kenya Lemuya is most frequent in: Turkana County, where 90 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 4 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 3 percent are found. Not including Kenya Lemuya occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Lemuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Lemuya
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