Wanjeri Surname
Approximately 5,360 people bear this surname
Wanjeri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,317 | 1:8,685 | 1,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Wanjeri (1,281) may also be a first name.
Wanjeri Demographics
Wanjeri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanjeri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjeri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanjeri is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjeri? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanjeri is the 89,509th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,359,617 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanjeri live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wanjeri is also the 220,239th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 1,281 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,317 people, or 1 in 8,685. In Kenya Wanjeri is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 21 percent live, Muranga County, where 19 percent live and Nairobi County, where 18 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Wanjeri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wanjeri last name is principally 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 Wanjeri
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