Wanjagi Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanjagi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanjagi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8551:54,0125,413
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Wanjagi (13) may also be a first name.

Wanjagi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wanjagi occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wanjagi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanjagi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 403,960th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanjagi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wanjagi is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 13 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 855 people, or 1 in 54,012. In Kenya Wanjagi is most common in: Embu County, where 30 percent live, Nairobi County, where 17 percent live and Kiambu County, where 13 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Wanjagi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily 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 Wanjagi
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