Wangwero Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Wangwero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 71 | 1:650,421 | 29,207 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Wangwero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangwero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangwero occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangwero? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wangwero is the 2,136,387th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. Wangwero occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangwero are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Wangwero is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 650,421. In Kenya Wangwero is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 86 percent reside, Busia County, where 6 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangkwero | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wangwaro | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wangbero | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wongwerot | 82 | 16 | / |
| Wangweera | 82 | 7 | / |
| Weangweera | 78 | 9 | / |
| Wongwearoj | 78 | 3 | / |
| Wongwearod | 78 | 2 | / |
| Waingweera | 78 | 1 | / |
| Banguero | 75 | 3,241 | / |
| Wangwira | 75 | 554 | / |
| Wongwaro | 75 | 22 | / |
| Vanguero | 75 | 9 | / |
| Wanguera | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wanguiro | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wangveera | 71 | 10 | / |
| Wangwirat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wongweera | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wongwiroj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bangberou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bangquero | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wongwairot | 67 | 237 | / |
| Wongwairoj | 67 | 16 | / |
| Whangveera | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wangwero
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