Wairungu Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Wairungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 56 | 1:945,386 | 44,615 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wairungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wairungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wairungu is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wairungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wairungu is the 2,312,869th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Wairungu is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Wairungu live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 945,386. In Tanzania Wairungu is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 98 percent reside and Mara Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Wairungu
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