Waithaka Surname
Approximately 24,386 people bear this surname
Waithaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 24,032 | 1:1,922 | 293 |
| United States | 174 | 1:2,083,097 | 132,570 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Waithaka (6,055) may also be a first name.
Waithaka Demographics
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Waithaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waithaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waithaka is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Waithaka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waithaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 22,293rd most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 298,841 people. Waithaka is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Waithaka live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 85,176th most numerous first name in the world, held by 6,055 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 24,032 people, or 1 in 1,922. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 17 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Muranga County, where 14 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 35 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Waithaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Waithaka are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.63% being registered with the party.
Waithaka earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.47% more than the national average, earning $46,373 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 Waithaka
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