Wamoya Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Wamoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 279 | 1:139,926 | 12,650 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wamoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamoya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wamoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 930,678th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamoya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Wamoya is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 139,926. In Uganda Wamoya is most common in: Mbale District, where 49 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 19 percent are found and Manafwa District, where 17 percent are found. Barring Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wamoya
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