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 occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamboi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 68,736th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,008,936 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamboi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 216,692nd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 1,316 people.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 7,062 people, or 1 in 6,539. In Kenya Wamboi 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. Besides Kenya Wamboi exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Wamboi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly 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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