Wenkya Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Wenkya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wenkya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenkya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenkya is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wenkya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenkya? popularity and diffusion
Wenkya is the 2,220,661st most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wenkya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Wenkya is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 542,212. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kyegegwa District, where 33 percent reside, Kyenjojo District, where 26 percent reside and Kabarole District, where 17 percent reside. Beside Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Wenkya
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