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
Average Mokaya Salary in
United States
$37,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mokaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mokaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mokaya (Russian: Мокая) is found most in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mokaya? popularity and diffusion
Mokaya is the 20,601st most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 274,536 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mokaya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mokaya is also the 88,814th most prevalent forename internationally, held by 5,672 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 26,185 people, or 1 in 1,764. In Kenya Mokaya is mostly 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 devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Mokaya are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the 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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