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
Lemuya is found most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lemuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lemuya is the 168,686th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,845,586 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemuya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 56 people.
It is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 2,303 people, or 1 in 20,052. In Kenya Lemuya is most prevalent in: Turkana County, where 90 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 4 percent live and Nakuru County, where 3 percent live. Beside Kenya Lemuya occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Lemuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Lemuya last name is chiefly 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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