Wambayi Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Wambayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 254 | 1:181,811 | 13,664 |
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wambayi Demographics
Wambayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wambayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wambayi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wambayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wambayi is the 699,651st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wambayi reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 254 people, or 1 in 181,811. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Busia County, where 57 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 39 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Wambayi exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
Wambayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wambayi 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 Wambayi
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