Wabai Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Wabai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wabaï (9) are calculated separately.
Wabai (70) may also be a first name.
Wabai Demographics
Wabai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wabai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wabai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wabai is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Wabaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,085,744th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname Wabai is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Wabai reside; 36 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wabai is also the 1,162,016th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 70 people.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 721,561. In Kenya Wabai is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 88 percent reside, Nyandarua County, where 6 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 6 percent reside. Not including Kenya Wabai is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent reside.
Wabai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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 Wabai
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