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 most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 245,043rd most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 4,484,644 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakoya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 264,724th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 933 people.
The last name Wakoya is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Besides Ethiopia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Wakoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name 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 Wakoya
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