Wanja Surname
Approximately 49,256 people bear this surname
Wanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 47,113 | 1:980 | 154 |
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Uganda | 510 | 1:76,548 | 8,323 |
| Indonesia | 170 | 1:777,936 | 59,310 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Cameroon | 112 | 1:185,438 | 19,429 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Tanzania | 74 | 1:715,427 | 40,832 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Wanja (13,179) may also be a first name.
Wanja Demographics
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Wanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanja (Marathi: वंजा) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,408th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 147,952 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanja live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wanja is also the 50,791st most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 13,179 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 47,113 people, or 1 in 980. In Kenya Wanja is mostly found in: Meru County, where 18 percent live, Kiambu County, where 14 percent live and Embu County, where 11 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Wanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wanja surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Wanja are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.
Wanja earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.71% more than the national average, earning $59,420 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanja in the Marathi language | ||
| वंजा | vanja | - |
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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
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- 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 Wanja
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