Wamaye Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Wamaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 75 | 1:520,524 | 29,324 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wamaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamaye is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wamaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamaye is the 2,168,711th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamaye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 520,524. In Uganda Wamaye is primarily concentrated in: Sironko District, where 31 percent live, Pallisa District, where 24 percent live and Busia District, where 12 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 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 Wamaye
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