Wamui Surname
Approximately 664 people bear this surname
Wamui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 551 | 1:83,811 | 7,697 |
| Zambia | 98 | 1:161,734 | 11,370 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wamui (38) may also be a first name.
Wamui Demographics
Wamui Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamui is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamui? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamui is the 496,702nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamui reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wamui is also the 1,662,754th most common first name internationally, held by 38 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 551 people, or 1 in 83,811. In Kenya Wamui is mostly concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 28 percent live, Nakuru County, where 26 percent live and Nyeri County, where 26 percent live. Aside from Kenya Wamui is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Wamui Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the 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 Wamui
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