Waithanji Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
Waithanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,124 | 1:41,085 | 4,306 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Waithanji (138) may also be a first name.
Waithanji Demographics
Waithanji Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waithanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waithanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waithanji is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waithanji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 328,558th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waithanji are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Waithanji is also the 787,636th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 138 people.
The surname Waithanji is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,124 people, or 1 in 41,085. In Kenya Waithanji is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 27 percent live, Kiambu County, where 17 percent live and Nyeri County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Bahrain, where 0 percent live.
Waithanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wathanji | 94 | 2 | / |
| Waithanje | 89 | 167 | / |
| Waithangi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bathanji | 82 | 37 | / |
| Waitangi | 82 | 8 | / |
| Wathenji | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wathanje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Withonjai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Watangi | 75 | 50 | / |
| Bitanji | 75 | 21 | / |
| Watansi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Watanzi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wayitanshi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wattanhi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vathangi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Watanzai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waitongi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vathanie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Withange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watansie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Withanse | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wahatenje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whithance | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waithanji
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