Wanijo Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wanijo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Wanijo (82) may also be a first name.
Wanijo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanijo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanijo is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wanijo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanijo? popularity and diffusion
Wanijo is the 5,587,209th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Wanijo live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wanijo is also the 1,060,447th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 82 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Wanijo is most common in: Kaduna, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Uganda, where 17 percent live.
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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 Wanijo
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