Wangendo Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wangendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya221:2,099,08636,356
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Wangendo (11) may also be a first name.

Wangendo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wangendo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wangendo is found most in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wangendo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangendo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. Wangendo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wangendo live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name on earth, held by 11 people.

Wangendo is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 2,099,086. In Kenya Wangendo is most common in: Kiambu County, where 18 percent live, Kirinyaga County, where 18 percent live and Nairobi County, where 18 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

Wangendo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name 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 Wangendo
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