Wangaire Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Wangaire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 153 | 1:255,159 | 18,845 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wangaire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangaire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangaire is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangaire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,409,418th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangaire are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 255,159. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 77 percent live, Bulambuli District, where 6 percent live and Soroti District, where 5 percent live. Excluding Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wangaire
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