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 found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemuya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 168,686th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,845,586 people. The surname 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. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held first name globally, held by 56 people.
The surname Lemuya is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 2,303 people, or 1 in 20,052. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Turkana County, where 90 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 4 percent live and Nakuru County, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists 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 adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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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