Muyaya Surname
Approximately 27,271 people bear this surname
Muyaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 23,204 | 1:3,184 | 353 |
| Malawi | 2,745 | 1:6,236 | 896 |
| Zambia | 1,136 | 1:13,952 | 1,601 |
| Zimbabwe | 121 | 1:127,589 | 16,979 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Muyaya (1,155) may also be a first name.
Muyaya Demographics
Muyaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Muyaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muyaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muyaya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muyaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 20,062nd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 267,227 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muyaya reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 234,052nd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 1,155 people.
The surname Muyaya is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 23,204 people, or 1 in 3,184. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 10 percent live and Zambia, where 4 percent live.
Muyaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Muyaya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
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