Wakhungu Surname
Approximately 10,068 people bear this surname
Wakhungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,902 | 1:4,664 | 668 |
| Uganda | 150 | 1:260,262 | 19,079 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Wakhungu (1,985) may also be a first name.
Wakhungu Demographics
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Wakhungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakhungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakhungu is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wakhungu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakhungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakhungu is the 50,937th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 723,833 people. The last name Wakhungu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakhungu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 169,773rd most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 1,985 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 9,902 people, or 1 in 4,664. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 54 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 20 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 14 percent are found. Beside Kenya Wakhungu is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Wakhungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wakhungu surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Wakhungu last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Wakhungu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.06% more than the national average, earning $43,607 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 Wakhungu
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