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
Wamari is found most in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamari? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 766,190th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The last name Wamari occurs mostly 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 commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 71 people.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 154,448. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 47 percent live, Siaya County, where 30 percent live and Nakuru County, where 20 percent live. Aside from 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 adherence of those carrying 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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