Wanjau Surname
Approximately 9,986 people bear this surname
Wanjau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,861 | 1:4,683 | 670 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Wanjau (2,359) may also be a first name.
Wanjau Demographics
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Wanjau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanjau is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 51,324th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 729,776 people. Wanjau is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanjau live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 153,052nd most frequently held first name internationally, held by 2,359 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,861 people, or 1 in 4,683. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyeri County, where 25 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 18 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Wanjau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wanjau last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wanjau surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.
The amount Wanjau earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.52% less than the national average, earning $41,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.29% less than the national average, earning $39,604 CAD 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
- 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 Wanjau
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