Wairumbi Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wairumbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wairumbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2561:180,39013,550
England31:18,572,686338,250
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Wairumbi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wairumbi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wairumbi occurs most in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wairumbi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 988,329th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. Wairumbi is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wairumbi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 180,390. In Kenya Wairumbi is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 39 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 33 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 19 percent reside. Other than Kenya Wairumbi is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Scotland, where 0 percent reside.

Wairumbi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wairumbi surname is principally 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
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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 Wairumbi
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