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
Wakoya is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakoya is the 245,043rd most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 4,484,644 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakoya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wakoya is also the 264,724th most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 933 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Barring Ethiopia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Wakoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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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