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
Wangiri is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangiri? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 933,049th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. Wangiri occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangiri live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Wangiri is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 220,956. In Kenya Wangiri is primarily concentrated in: Embu County, where 64 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 27 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Wangiri exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 26 percent reside.
Wangiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wangiri 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 Wangiri
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