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
Wameya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wameya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wameya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,115,011th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name Wameya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Wameya live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wameya is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 35 people.
The surname Wameya is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 244,338. In Kenya Wameya is most prevalent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 51 percent live, Bungoma County, where 48 percent live and Busia County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Wameya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying 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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