Tomboya Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Tomboya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 69 | 1:669,274 | 29,584 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tomboya (25) may also be a first name.
Tomboya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tomboya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tomboya is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tomboya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tomboya live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 25 people.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 669,274. In Kenya Tomboya is primarily found in: Kitui County, where 86 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 13 percent are found and Narok County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Tomboya occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 17 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Tomboya
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