Wangila Surname

25,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wangila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya20,6701:2,234348
Uganda3801:102,73510,248
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
England11:55,718,059489,080
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Wangila (7,523) may also be a first name.

Wangila Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wangila occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangila? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 25,518th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 345,005 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangila reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wangila is also the 74,074th most widespread given name on earth, held by 7,523 people.

The last name Wangila is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 20,670 people, or 1 in 2,234. In Kenya Wangila is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 63 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 16 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Kenya Wangila is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Wangila Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Wangila earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.59% more than the national average, earning $63,250 USD per year.

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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 Wangila
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