Wekwanya Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Wekwanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 248 | 1:157,416 | 13,734 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Wekwanya Demographics
Wekwanya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wekwanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekwanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wekwanya has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekwanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wekwanya is the 996,001st most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Wekwanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekwanya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Wekwanya is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 157,416. In Uganda Wekwanya is most common in: Mbale District, where 46 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 35 percent are found and Bududa District, where 8 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 4 percent are found.
Wekwanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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 Wekwanya
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