Wamuya Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Wamuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 106 | 1:435,659 | 23,420 |
| Uganda | 100 | 1:390,393 | 24,666 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wamuya Demographics
Wamuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamuya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wamuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamuya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,152,132nd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. The last name Wamuya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamuya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 435,659. In Kenya Wamuya is most numerous in: Laikipia County, where 44 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 36 percent reside and Nyandarua County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 48 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Wamuya 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 Wamuya
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