Wamari Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Wamari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 299 | 1:154,448 | 12,253 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wamari (71) may also be a first name.
Wamari Demographics
Wamari Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamari is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wamari.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamari? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 766,190th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Wamari reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 71 people.
The surname Wamari is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 154,448. In Kenya Wamari is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 47 percent live, Siaya County, where 30 percent live and Nakuru County, where 20 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Wamari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wamari last name 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 Wamari
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