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 last name Momoya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Momoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 343,320th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,823,545 people. The last name Momoya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Momoya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Momoya is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,055 people, or 1 in 50,182. In Tanzania Momoya is primarily concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 81 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 17 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Momoya exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
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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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