Waheire Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Waheire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 135 | 1:342,073 | 20,519 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Waheire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waheire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waheire is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Waheire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waheire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waheire is the 1,518,885th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Waheire live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 342,073. In Kenya Waheire is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 60 percent live, Nyeri County, where 36 percent live and Kiambu County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 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
- 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 Waheire
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