Wangah Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Wangah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wangah (51) may also be a first name.
Wangah Demographics
Wangah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangah occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,994,173rd most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Wangah live; 38 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used given name globally It is held by 51 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 623,547. In The Ivory Coast Wangah is mostly concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 86 percent reside, Comoé District, where 11 percent reside and Lagunes District, where 3 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 38 percent reside and Kenya, where 13 percent reside.
Wangah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wangah 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
- 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 Wangah
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