Wanjora Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanjora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanjora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1651:279,87818,255
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Wanjora Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wanjora Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wanjora is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wanjora.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanjora? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wanjora is the 1,310,135th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wanjora reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 279,878. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nakuru County, where 44 percent live, Muranga County, where 28 percent live and Nyandarua County, where 21 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 3 percent live and Sudan, where 1 percent live.

Wanjora Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Wanjora last name is chiefly 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 Wanjora
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