Waboi Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Waboi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 46 | 1:1,003,911 | 34,451 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Waboï (1) are calculated separately.
Waboi (66) may also be a first name.
Waboi Demographics
Waboi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waboi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waboi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waboi occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant: Waboï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waboi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Waboi occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Waboi are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 66 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,003,911. In Kenya it is most common in: Nyeri County, where 83 percent live, Machakos County, where 9 percent live and Bungoma County, where 2 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent live.
Waboi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Waboi surname is principally 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 Waboi
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