Wageni Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wageni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wageni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1651:279,87818,255
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
England11:55,718,059489,080
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Wageni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wageni Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wageni is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wageni.

How Common Is The Last Name Wageni? popularity and diffusion

Wageni is the 1,239,697th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wageni reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 279,878. In Kenya Wageni is most frequent in: Nyeri County, where 46 percent are found, Nyandarua County, where 27 percent are found and Muranga County, where 22 percent are found. Other than Kenya Wageni occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

Wageni Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waigeni9237/
Wadgeni921/
Wagenyi921/
Waigenyi8612/
Wagini83903/
Waseni8347/
Wagene8343/
Wajeni8314/
Wagenhuis8024/
Wasenyi7787/
Wagenet7761/
Wahjeni7723/
Waagene7722/
Waigene779/
Wazzeni777/
Waiseni772/
Waggene772/
Waigini771/
Wazenyi771/
Wagenes771/
Wagegne771/
Wagenez771/
Waagenes7136/
Wasetnit714/
Ba'ageni711/
Wadzheni711/
Wogene674,080/
Wasini671,108/
Wagine67382/
Vagini6773/
Bagene6754/
Wagenecht6732/
Woseni6715/
Wajini6711/
Wasene679/
Vagene677/
Vajeni677/
Wacene674/
Vaseni674/
Vazgenich674/
Wazena672/
Wajene671/
Vaizgenis671/
Wasyni671/
Wogini671/

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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 Wageni
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