Wakaru Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Wakaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 21 | 1:2,199,043 | 36,489 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wakaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakaru is found most in Kenya. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wakaru.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakaru? popularity and diffusion
Wakaru is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Wakaru live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,199,043. In Kenya Wakaru is mostly concentrated in: Nyandarua County, where 43 percent live, Laikipia County, where 19 percent live and Muranga County, where 19 percent live. Apart from Kenya Wakaru exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 7 percent live.
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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 Wakaru
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