Wanjala Surname

4,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136,082 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanjala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanjala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya128,0371:36137
Uganda7,1901:5,430974
Tanzania7091:74,6717,768
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
England61:9,286,343223,652
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Iceland21:190,0456,825
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Wanjala (46,734) may also be a first name.

Wanjala Last Name Facts

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

Wanjala is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanjala? popularity and diffusion

Wanjala is the 4,135th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 53,553 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanjala reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wanjala is also the 19,573rd most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 46,734 people.

The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 128,037 people, or 1 in 361. In Kenya Wanjala is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 55 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 17 percent live and Kakamega County, where 11 percent live. Excluding Kenya it is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Wanjala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Wanjala last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Wanjala surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Wanjala earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.84% less than the national average, earning $42,787 USD per year.

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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 Wanjala
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