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
Average Wanje Salary in
England
£21,175
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Wanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanje (Marathi: वंजे) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 59,376th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 857,257 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wanje live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wanje is also the 162,945th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 2,127 people.
The surname Wanje is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 7,526 people, or 1 in 6,136. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 72 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 17 percent reside and Kwale County, where 6 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Wanje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wanje surname is chiefly 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
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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 Wanje
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