Wagana Surname
Approximately 619 people bear this surname
Wagana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 278 | 1:166,115 | 12,822 |
| Benin | 146 | 1:70,792 | 8,548 |
| Uganda | 77 | 1:507,004 | 28,868 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wagana (220) may also be a first name.
Wagana Demographics
Wagana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wagana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wagana is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagana? popularity and diffusion
Wagana is the 524,446th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,773,095 people. The last name Wagana is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Wagana reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 608,246th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 220 people.
The surname Wagana is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 166,115. In Kenya Wagana is most numerous in: Muranga County, where 54 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 36 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 24 percent are found and Uganda, where 12 percent are found.
Wagana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname 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 Wagana
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