Waitheru Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Waitheru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waitheru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1631:283,31218,418

Waitheru Last Name Facts

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

Waitheru occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Waitheru? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,359,010th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. Waitheru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waitheru live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 283,312. In Kenya Waitheru is most numerous in: Nyeri County, where 41 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 34 percent are found and Muranga County, where 23 percent are found.

Waitheru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Waitheru last name is chiefly 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
  • 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 Waitheru
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