Wandiri Surname

548,408th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 583 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wandiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wandiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4791:96,4098,518
Indonesia791:1,674,040109,461
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Wandiri (198) may also be a first name.

Wandiri Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wandiri Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wandiri is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wandiri.

How Common Is The Last Name Wandiri? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 548,408th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Wandiri live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wandiri is also the 644,447th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 198 people.

The surname Wandiri is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 479 people, or 1 in 96,409. In Kenya it is most common in: Embu County, where 51 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 28 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.

Wandiri Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily 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 Wandiri
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