Wanjah Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Wanjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 197 | 1:105,427 | 12,381 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanjah Demographics
Wanjah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanjah is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wanjah.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wanjah is the 1,115,011th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name Wanjah is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wanjah are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 105,427. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 84 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 8 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Wanjah 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 Wanjah
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