Wamweya Surname
Approximately 687 people bear this surname
Wamweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 683 | 1:67,613 | 6,474 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wamweya (11) may also be a first name.
Wamweya Demographics
Wamweya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamweya is found most in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamweya is the 484,164th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 10,607,782 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamweya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 11 people.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 683 people, or 1 in 67,613. In Kenya Wamweya is most common in: Kiambu County, where 25 percent live, Nairobi County, where 21 percent live and Muranga County, where 15 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Wamweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamwea | 92 | 2,310 | / |
| Wamwaya | 86 | 40 | / |
| Wamwoya | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wamweye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bamwey | 77 | 62 | / |
| Wamweu | 77 | 22 | / |
| Wamwai | 77 | 13 | / |
| Wambey | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wanwey | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wamuea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamwae | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamboya | 71 | 1,118 | / |
| Wamwayi | 71 | 91 | / |
| Wamwoyo | 71 | 81 | / |
| Wamuaya | 71 | 15 | / |
| Wambeyi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Wambeyo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wambeha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wamwayo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bambeya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wambowe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vambeya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wambuuya | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bamwooya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bambehya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waimbuya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wamweya
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