Wanjira Surname
Approximately 18,105 people bear this surname
Wanjira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 18,058 | 1:2,557 | 410 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wanjira (4,831) may also be a first name.
Wanjira Demographics
Wanjira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanjira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanjira is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjira? popularity and diffusion
Wanjira is the 29,582nd most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 402,516 people. The last name Wanjira occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanjira reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wanjira is also the 98,290th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 4,831 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 18,058 people, or 1 in 2,557. In Kenya Wanjira is most prevalent in: Kirinyaga County, where 14 percent live, Nairobi County, where 13 percent live and Kiambu County, where 13 percent live. Other than Kenya it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Wanjira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wanjira surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Wanjira earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.78% more than the national average, earning $49,958 USD per year.
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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 Wanjira
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