Wamanje Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Wamanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 53 | 1:871,319 | 32,675 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
Wamanje Demographics
Wamanje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamanje occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamanje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamanje live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 871,319. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 96 percent are found, Busia County, where 2 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 15 percent are found.
Wamanje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly 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 Wamanje
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