Wangenyi Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Wangenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 76 | 1:607,630 | 28,249 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wangenyi Demographics
Wangenyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangenyi is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wangenyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangenyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangenyi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 607,630. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Migori County, where 100 percent reside. Other than Kenya Wangenyi occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Wangenyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily 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 Wangenyi
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