Muhaye Surname
Approximately 498 people bear this surname
Muhaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 373 | 1:104,663 | 10,371 |
| Tanzania | 121 | 1:437,534 | 30,427 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Muhaye (59) may also be a first name.
Muhaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muhaye is most common in Uganda. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 617,991st most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhaye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most widely held forename internationally, held by 59 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 104,663. In Uganda Muhaye is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 18 percent are found, Butaleja District, where 15 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 24 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Muhaye
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