Wamoyi Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Wamoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 91 | 1:507,471 | 25,695 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wamoyi Demographics
Wamoyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamoyi is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamoyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,894,523rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamoyi are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wamoyi is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 507,471. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 95 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Wamoyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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 Wamoyi
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