Wakhaya Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Wakhaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 171 | 1:270,058 | 17,836 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wakhaya (76) may also be a first name.
Wakhaya Demographics
Wakhaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wakhaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakhaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakhaya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakhaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. Wakhaya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakhaya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wakhaya is also the 1,107,702nd most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 76 people.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 270,058. In Kenya Wakhaya is mostly found in: Busia County, where 95 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 2 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Wakhaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the 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 Wakhaya
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