Wamukoya Surname
Approximately 2,503 people bear this surname
Wamukoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,364 | 1:19,535 | 2,284 |
| Uganda | 129 | 1:302,630 | 20,937 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Wamukoya (502) may also be a first name.
Wamukoya Demographics
Wamukoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamukoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamukoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamukoya occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamukoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 171,927th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,911,525 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamukoya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 378,365th most numerous first name globally, held by 502 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,364 people, or 1 in 19,535. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 61 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 15 percent reside and Busia County, where 12 percent reside. Not including Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Wamukoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wamukoya 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 Wamukoya
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