Wairagi Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Wairagi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 128 | 1:360,780 | 21,015 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Wairagi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wairagi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wairagi (Hindi: वैरागी, Marathi: बैरागी) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wairagi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,565,797th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname Wairagi is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wairagi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Wairagi is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 98 percent live, Kakamega County, where 1 percent live and Laikipia County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wairagi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wairagi in the Hindi language | ||
| वैरागी | vairagi | - |
| Wairagi in the Marathi language | ||
| बैरागी | bairagi | 50 |
| वैरागी | vairagi | 50 |
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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 Wairagi
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