Wakiyu Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Wakiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 98 | 1:471,223 | 24,622 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wakiyu (17) may also be a first name.
Wakiyu Demographics
Wakiyu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wakiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakiyu occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakiyu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakiyu is the 1,828,462nd most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name Wakiyu is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wakiyu are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wakiyu is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Wakiyu is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 471,223. In Kenya Wakiyu is most numerous in: Muranga County, where 95 percent live, Kiambu County, where 4 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Wakiyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly 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 Wakiyu
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