Wahwai Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Wahwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 161 | 1:286,832 | 18,555 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wahwai (15) may also be a first name.
Wahwai Demographics
Wahwai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wahwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wahwai is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wahwai is the 1,364,059th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wahwai reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name in the world, held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 286,832. In Kenya Wahwai is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 52 percent are found, Muranga County, where 40 percent are found and Lamu County, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Wahwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily 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 Wahwai
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