Wenyaa Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Wenyaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 155 | 1:251,866 | 18,680 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
Wenyaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenyaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wenyaa is most common in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenyaa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,310,135th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wenyaa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 251,866. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Manafwa District, where 71 percent reside, Bududa District, where 19 percent reside and Bugiri District, where 4 percent reside. Beside Uganda Wenyaa occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 10 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 Wenyaa
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