Wamwirua Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Wamwirua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 137 | 1:337,080 | 20,325 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wamwirua (113) may also be a first name.
Wamwirua Demographics
Wamwirua Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamwirua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamwirua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamwirua is found most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamwirua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,504,764th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamwirua reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 881,625th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 113 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 337,080. In Kenya Wamwirua is mostly concentrated in: Kirinyaga County, where 95 percent live, Nairobi County, where 3 percent live and Embu County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Wamwirua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wamwirua last name is chiefly 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 Wamwirua
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