Wamaya Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Wamaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 291 | 1:158,694 | 12,495 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wamaya (15) may also be a first name.
Wamaya Demographics
Wamaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamaya has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamaya is the 553,576th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamaya are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Wamaya is also the 2,900,335th most common first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname Wamaya is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 291 people, or 1 in 158,694. In Kenya Wamaya is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 67 percent live, Busia County, where 25 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya Wamaya occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 48 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Wamaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally 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 Wamaya
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