Wangare Surname
Approximately 10,735 people bear this surname
Wangare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10,586 | 1:4,362 | 627 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Wangare (2,729) may also be a first name.
Wangare Demographics
Average Wangare Salary in
United States
$39,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wangare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangare (Marathi: वांगरे) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangare? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 48,096th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 678,858 people. The last name Wangare is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wangare live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wangare is also the 139,997th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 2,729 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 10,586 people, or 1 in 4,362. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 22 percent live, Nairobi County, where 19 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent live. Excluding Kenya Wangare is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Wangare Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wangare surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Wangare earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wangare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangare in the Marathi language | ||
| वांगरे | vangare | 50 |
| वंगारे | vangare | 16.67 |
| वागारे | vagare | 8.33 |
| वागरे | vagare | 8.33 |
| वांगारे | vangare | 8.33 |
| वानगारे | vanagare | 8.33 |
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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 Wangare
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