Wamboi Surname
Approximately 7,223 people bear this surname
Wamboi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,062 | 1:6,539 | 880 |
| Uganda | 81 | 1:481,966 | 28,034 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wamboi (1,316) may also be a first name.
Wamboi Demographics
Wamboi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamboi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamboi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamboi has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamboi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 68,736th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,008,936 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamboi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wamboi is also the 216,692nd most widespread first name in the world, held by 1,316 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 7,062 people, or 1 in 6,539. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Trans Nzoia County, where 22 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 13 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Wamboi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (99%) 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 Wamboi
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