Mokaya Surname
Approximately 26,545 people bear this surname
Mokaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 26,185 | 1:1,764 | 271 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| Lebanon | 54 | 1:104,390 | 6,105 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Mokaya (5,672) may also be a first name.
Mokaya Demographics
Mokaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mokaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mokaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mokaya (Russian: Мокая) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mokaya? popularity and diffusion
Mokaya is the 20,601st most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 274,536 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mokaya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 88,814th most widespread forename internationally, borne by 5,672 people.
The surname Mokaya is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 26,185 people, or 1 in 1,764. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nyamira County, where 38 percent live, Kisii County, where 27 percent live and Nairobi County, where 10 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Mokaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mokaya surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Mokaya last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.
Mokaya earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mokaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mokaya in the Russian language | ||
| Мокая | mokaa | - |
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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
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- 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 Mokaya
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