Wainaina Surname
Approximately 50,785 people bear this surname
Wainaina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 50,204 | 1:920 | 144 |
| United States | 273 | 1:1,327,688 | 92,627 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| United Arab Emirates | 48 | 1:190,881 | 13,202 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Wainaina (12,753) may also be a first name.
Wainaina Demographics
Average Wainaina Salary in
United States
$46,694 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wainaina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wainaina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wainaina is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainaina? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,057th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 143,498 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wainaina are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 51,965th most common first name at a global level, held by 12,753 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 50,204 people, or 1 in 920. In Kenya Wainaina is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 27 percent live, Nakuru County, where 15 percent live and Muranga County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Wainaina Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Wainaina are 42.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.65% registered to vote for the party.
Wainaina earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.22% more than the national average, earning $46,694 USD per year.
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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 Wainaina
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