Nakweya Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Nakweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nakweya Demographics
Nakweya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nakweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakweya occurs most in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakweya? popularity and diffusion
Nakweya is the 1,173,425th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name Nakweya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakweya are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 239,274. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 82 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 5 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 5 percent are found. Other than Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
Nakweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngakweya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nakhweya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nakwaya | 86 | 117 | / |
| Nagweya | 86 | 69 | / |
| Nakwiya | 86 | 7 | / |
| Nakueya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ngakwey | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nekweya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nakweha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngakweyi | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nakhwiya | 80 | 9 | / |
| Nakwooya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngakwaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakhwaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakway | 77 | 27 | / |
| Nakwaa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nakwei | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nakwai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nakwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakuea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naqwey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakwej | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nekwaya | 71 | 2,334 | / |
| Nakweji | 71 | 16 | / |
| Nakkuea | 71 | 15 | / |
| Nakwawe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nakwaji | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nagwaya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nnakwoa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nakweje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nakuaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnakwaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakwija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nangwey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nagbeya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nangwiya | 67 | 592 | / |
| Ngokweyi | 67 | 48 | / |
| Naggwaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nakhwaji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngacwiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngakwieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngakueyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nankwaju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nangweye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nokwueja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nankwayi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nakweya
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