Wangese Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Wangese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 274 | 1:193,218 | 16,588 |
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
Wangese (66) may also be a first name.
Wangese Demographics
Wangese Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangese is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wangese click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangese? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wangese is the 820,032nd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. The surname Wangese is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangese reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most common forename internationally, borne by 66 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 193,218. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 65 percent are found, Mara Region, where 32 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 19 percent are found.
Wangese Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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 Wangese
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