Mwakoi Surname
Approximately 2,625 people bear this surname
Mwakoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,118 | 1:7,483 | 893 |
| Kenya | 479 | 1:96,409 | 8,518 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwakoi (1,409) may also be a first name.
Mwakoi Demographics
Mwakoi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwakoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwakoi is found most in Zambia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakoi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 165,072nd most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,776,208 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakoi live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 208,134th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 1,409 people.
The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 2,118 people, or 1 in 7,483. In Zambia Mwakoi is most numerous in: Western Province, where 66 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 18 percent are found and Southern Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Mwakoi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (88%) 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 Mwakoi
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