Wanekhwe Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Wanekhwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 207 | 1:223,091 | 15,759 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wanekhwe Demographics
Wanekhwe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanekhwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanekhwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanekhwe is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanekhwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,152,132nd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanekhwe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wanekhwe is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 223,091. In Kenya Wanekhwe is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 68 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 29 percent reside and West Pokot County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya Wanekhwe occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Wanekhwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wanekhwe surname is principally 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
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- 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 Wanekhwe
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