Wamalika Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wamalika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wamalika Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2161:213,79615,228
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Wamalika Demographics

Wamalika Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 4 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Wamalika Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wamalika is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamalika? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,121,821st most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname Wamalika occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamalika reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Wamalika is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 213,796. In Kenya Wamalika is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 74 percent live, Bungoma County, where 24 percent live and Nandi County, where 2 percent live.

Wamalika Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamalikah944/
Wamalaika943/
Wamaluka882/
Wamaliko881/
Bamalaika821/
Bamalike751/
Boumalika711/
Vamaleca633/
Womeleka631/
Bamalekyi591/
Bomoliki501/
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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 Wamalika
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