Wanjia Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Wanjia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 273 | 1:169,157 | 12,975 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Wanjia (10,931) may also be a first name.
Wanjia Demographics
Wanjia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanjia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanjia (Arabic: انجيا) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 926,175th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. Wanjia is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanjia reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wanjia is also the 57,766th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 10,931 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 169,157. In Kenya Wanjia is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 72 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 27 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.
Wanjia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wanjia surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanjia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanjia in the Arabic language | ||
| انجيا | anjya | - |
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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 Wanjia
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