Wakuya Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Wakuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| Japan | 17 | 1:7,520,253 | 43,528 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Wakuya (27) may also be a first name.
Wakuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakuya is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wakuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. Wakuya is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Wakuya are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread given name worldwide, held by 27 people.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 907,890. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Tororo District, where 60 percent are found, Luuka District, where 23 percent are found and Mukono District, where 7 percent are found. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 9 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 Wakuya
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