Wiyama Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Wiyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Wiyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiyama is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiyama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,602,217th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Wiyama are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 47 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 2,565,550. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 50 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 22 percent live and Vihiga County, where 22 percent live. Besides Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Wiyama
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