Wangombe Surname

153,345th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wangombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,7011:17,0972,048
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Zambia151:1,056,66130,252
England81:6,964,757184,742
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

The alternate forms: Wangómbe (1) are calculated separately.

Wangombe (773) may also be a first name.

Wangombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wangombe is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Wangómbe. For other potential spellings of Wangombe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangombe? popularity and diffusion

Wangombe is the 153,345th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,541,872 people. The last name Wangombe is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wangombe are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 295,214th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 773 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 2,701 people, or 1 in 17,097. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nyeri County, where 20 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 16 percent are found and Nyandarua County, where 13 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Wangombe Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Wangombe are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.

Wangombe earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.63% less than the national average, earning $41,152 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 Wangombe
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