Wanjenga Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Wanjenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wanjenga Demographics
Wanjenga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanjenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanjenga is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjenga? popularity and diffusion
Wanjenga is the 2,436,415th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. Wanjenga is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wanjenga live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 769,665. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Nyandarua County, where 73 percent live, Muranga County, where 15 percent live and Nakuru County, where 7 percent live. Aside from Kenya Wanjenga exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Wanjenga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wanjenga last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanyenga | 88 | 72 | / |
| Wanzenga | 88 | 34 | / |
| Wansenga | 88 | 31 | / |
| Wangenga | 88 | 3 | / |
| Banjenga | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wanjenge | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wanjinga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bansenga | 75 | 797 | / |
| Bangenga | 75 | 246 | / |
| Banzenga | 75 | 137 | / |
| Banyenga | 75 | 41 | / |
| Wanyinga | 75 | 40 | / |
| Wanyenge | 75 | 30 | / |
| Wanienge | 75 | 21 | / |
| Vanyenga | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wanyengi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vangenga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Banjinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wonyenga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wanzinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wansinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wanchinga | 71 | 40 | / |
| Weanzinga | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wanyenghe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanyaga | 67 | 3,206 | / |
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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 Wanjenga
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