Wambere Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wambere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wambere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5501:83,9637,709
Uganda301:1,301,30950,636
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Wambere (89) may also be a first name.

Wambere Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wambere Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wambere (Marathi: वांबेरे) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wambere.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambere? popularity and diffusion

Wambere is the 540,721st most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,268,596 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wambere are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most common forename worldwide It is held by 89 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 550 people, or 1 in 83,963. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kirinyaga County, where 47 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 23 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 18 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Wambere Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Wambere Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wambere in the Marathi language
वांबेरेvambere-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wambere
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