Momoya Surname
Approximately 1,068 people bear this surname
Momoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,055 | 1:50,182 | 5,570 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Momoya (18) may also be a first name.
Momoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Momoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Momoya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Momoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 343,320th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,823,545 people. The surname Momoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Momoya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Momoya is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,055 people, or 1 in 50,182. In Tanzania Momoya is most common in: Manyara Region, where 81 percent live, Arusha Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
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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 Momoya
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