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 has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Muyaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Muyaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muyaya is the 20,062nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 267,227 people. Muyaya occurs predominantly 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 frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 1,155 people.
The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 23,204 people, or 1 in 3,184. Aside from The DR Congo Muyaya is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 10 percent reside and Zambia, where 4 percent reside.
Muyaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Muyaya last name 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Muyaya
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