Wakiuru Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Wakiuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 752 | 1:61,409 | 5,996 |
Wakiuru (111) may also be a first name.
Wakiuru Demographics
Wakiuru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wakiuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakiuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakiuru is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wakiuru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakiuru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 451,630th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. The surname Wakiuru is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakiuru reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wakiuru is also the 890,531st most frequently held forename in the world, held by 111 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 752 people, or 1 in 61,409. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nyeri County, where 58 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 11 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 10 percent are found.
Wakiuru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally 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 Wakiuru
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