Wamalya Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Wamalya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Wamalya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamalya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamalya is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wamalya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamalya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. Wamalya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamalya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 1,148,214. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Budaka District, where 41 percent live, Luuka District, where 21 percent live and Kayunga District, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda Wamalya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent live.
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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 Wamalya
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