Wakoya Surname
Approximately 1,625 people bear this surname
Wakoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wakoya (933) may also be a first name.
Wakoya Demographics
Wakoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wakoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakoya is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 245,043rd most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,484,644 people. The last name Wakoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakoya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 264,724th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 933 people.
It is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Outside of Ethiopia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
Wakoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wakoya last name is predominantly 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 Wakoya
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