Wanjama Surname

192,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanjama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanjama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,1651:21,3302,449
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Wanjama (474) may also be a first name.

Wanjama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wanjama is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wanjama.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanjama? popularity and diffusion

It is the 192,671st most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,335,261 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanjama live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wanjama is also the 390,891st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 474 people.

The last name Wanjama is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,165 people, or 1 in 21,330. In Kenya Wanjama is mostly concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 22 percent reside, Muranga County, where 16 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Wanjama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly 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 Wanjama
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