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 occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangiri? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 933,049th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangiri are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 220,956. In Kenya Wangiri is most common in: Embu County, where 64 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 27 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent are found.
Wangiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing 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 Wangiri
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