Wangiri Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Wangiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 209 | 1:220,956 | 15,674 |
| Uganda | 73 | 1:534,785 | 29,774 |
Wangiri Demographics
Wangiri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangiri is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangiri? popularity and diffusion
It is the 933,049th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangiri live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 220,956. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Embu County, where 64 percent live, Kiambu County, where 27 percent live and Nakuru County, where 4 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent live.
Wangiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally 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 Wangiri
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