Muhamya Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Muhamya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Muhamya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1091:358,15923,337
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Muhamya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Muhamya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Muhamya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muhamya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muhamya is the 1,746,159th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhamya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Muhamya is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 358,159. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Ibanda District, where 33 percent live, Mbarara District, where 22 percent live and Buhweju District, where 11 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Rwanda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muhaamya931/
Muhomya865/
Muhamea863/
Muhamia862/
Muhammea8065/
Mouhamia801/
Muhoomya801/
Mouamia711/
Mouhameo672/
Mouhameou631/
Muhomja571/
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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 Muhamya
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