Wanje Surname
Approximately 8,501 people bear this surname
Wanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,526 | 1:6,136 | 843 |
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Uganda | 222 | 1:175,853 | 14,786 |
| India | 100 | 1:7,670,654 | 164,164 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Tanzania | 67 | 1:790,173 | 42,439 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Wanje (2,127) may also be a first name.
Wanje Demographics
Wanje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanje (Marathi: वंजे) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 59,376th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 857,257 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wanje live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 162,945th most common first name world-wide, borne by 2,127 people.
The surname Wanje is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 7,526 people, or 1 in 6,136. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kilifi County, where 72 percent live, Mombasa County, where 17 percent live and Kwale County, where 6 percent live. Other than Kenya Wanje occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Wanje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (90%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanje in the Marathi language | ||
| वंजे | vanje | 84.21 |
| वांजे | vanje | 12.28 |
| वांझे | vanjhe | 1.75 |
| वंज् | vanj | 1.75 |
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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 Wanje
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