Wangai Surname
Approximately 7,005 people bear this surname
Wangai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6,219 | 1:7,426 | 985 |
| Papua New Guinea | 364 | 1:22,400 | 2,434 |
| Pakistan | 160 | 1:1,116,524 | 13,817 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Wangai (2,259) may also be a first name.
Wangai Demographics
Wangai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangai is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 70,558th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,040,335 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wangai live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wangai is also the 157,083rd most common given name internationally It is held by 2,259 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 6,219 people, or 1 in 7,426. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 19 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 18 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.
Wangai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wangai surname is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wangai last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.
Wangai earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.58% less than the national average, earning $32,542 USD per year.
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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 Wangai
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