Wameya Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Wameya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 189 | 1:244,338 | 16,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Wameya (35) may also be a first name.
Wameya Demographics
Wameya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wameya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wameya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wameya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wameya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wameya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,115,011th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Wameya are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most common first name globally. It is borne by 35 people.
Wameya is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 244,338. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Trans Nzoia County, where 51 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 48 percent reside and Busia County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Wameya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion 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 Wameya
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