Wangalwa Surname
Approximately 906 people bear this surname
Wangalwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 473 | 1:97,632 | 8,603 |
| Uganda | 429 | 1:91,001 | 9,409 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wangalwa (19) may also be a first name.
Wangalwa Demographics
Wangalwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangalwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangalwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangalwa is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangalwa? popularity and diffusion
Wangalwa is the 390,762nd most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangalwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wangalwa is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name internationally, held by 19 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 473 people, or 1 in 97,632. In Kenya Wangalwa is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 49 percent live, Kakamega County, where 21 percent live and Bungoma County, where 16 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 47 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Wangalwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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 Wangalwa
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