Wamuyu Surname
Approximately 13,554 people bear this surname
Wamuyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 13,514 | 1:3,417 | 524 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wamuyu (3,298) may also be a first name.
Wamuyu Demographics
Average Wamuyu Salary in
United States
$29,700 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wamuyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamuyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamuyu is most common in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamuyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 38,805th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 537,668 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamuyu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wamuyu is also the 124,581st most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 3,298 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 13,514 people, or 1 in 3,417. In Kenya Wamuyu is primarily found in: Nyeri County, where 35 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside and Laikipia County, where 9 percent reside. Besides Kenya it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Wamuyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wamuyu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Wamuyu earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.17% less than the national average, earning $29,700 USD per year.
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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 Wamuyu
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