Mwikya Surname
Approximately 3,977 people bear this surname
Mwikya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,955 | 1:11,676 | 1,471 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Mwikya (1,592) may also be a first name.
Mwikya Demographics
Mwikya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwikya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwikya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwikya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwikya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 115,988th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,832,423 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwikya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 193,745th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,592 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 3,955 people, or 1 in 11,676. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 42 percent reside, Makueni County, where 25 percent reside and Machakos County, where 23 percent reside. Other than Kenya Mwikya exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Mwikya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally 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 Mwikya
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