Wamalwa Surname
Approximately 53,310 people bear this surname
Wamalwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 51,882 | 1:890 | 137 |
| Uganda | 1,353 | 1:28,854 | 3,973 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Wamalwa (13,433) may also be a first name.
Wamalwa Demographics
Wamalwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamalwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamalwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamalwa is found most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wamalwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamalwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamalwa is the 10,544th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 136,701 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamalwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wamalwa is also the 50,139th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 13,433 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 51,882 people, or 1 in 890. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 58 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 18 percent live and Kakamega County, where 8 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Sudan, where 0 percent live.
Wamalwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wamalwa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Wamalwa earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 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 Wamalwa
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