Wainana Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Wainana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 329 | 1:140,364 | 11,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wainana (19) may also be a first name.
Wainana Demographics
Wainana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wainana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wainana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wainana is found most in Kenya. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 827,165th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 21,753,868 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wainana live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name globally It is held by 19 people.
Wainana is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 140,364. In Kenya Wainana is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 38 percent are found, Nyandarua County, where 22 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 19 percent are found. Barring Kenya Wainana exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Wainana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly 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 Wainana
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