Wamwere Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Wamwere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 297 | 1:155,488 | 12,325 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Wamwere (17) may also be a first name.
Wamwere Demographics
Wamwere Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamwere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamwere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamwere is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamwere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 889,654th most common surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamwere live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 17 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 297 people, or 1 in 155,488. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 41 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 38 percent reside and Nyandarua County, where 12 percent reside. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Wamwere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wamwere surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamwer | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wamwera | 86 | 44 | / |
| Wamwire | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wachimwere | 82 | 4 | / |
| Waimbere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wamwir | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wamver | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bambere | 71 | 426 | / |
| Wamwiri | 71 | 199 | / |
| Wamwari | 71 | 22 | / |
| Vambere | 71 | 13 | / |
| Wanwera | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wanweri | 71 | 4 | / |
| Weimwer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wambeer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wambhire | 67 | 43 | / |
| Wanweera | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bambhere | 67 | 5 | / |
| Banweire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bamuhere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wamuhera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vambhere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wamberay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahmbere | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wamwere
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