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
Mwikya is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwikya? popularity and diffusion
Mwikya is the 115,988th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,832,423 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwikya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 193,745th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 1,592 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 3,955 people, or 1 in 11,676. In Kenya Mwikya is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 42 percent are found, Makueni County, where 25 percent are found and Machakos County, where 23 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Mwikya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mwikya surname is primarily 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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