Wanjie Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Wanjie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 507 | 1:91,085 | 8,183 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Wanjie (37,540) may also be a first name.
Wanjie Demographics
Wanjie Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanjie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanjie is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 579,404th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wanjie are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wanjie is also the 23,420th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 37,540 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 507 people, or 1 in 91,085. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Muranga County, where 29 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 24 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 19 percent reside. Barring Kenya it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in China, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Wanjie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily 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 Wanjie
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