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
Wamui is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wamui.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamui? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 496,702nd most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamui live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wamui is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 38 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 551 people, or 1 in 83,811. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 28 percent live, Nakuru County, where 26 percent live and Nyeri County, where 26 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Wamui Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname 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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