Wantahe Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Wantahe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 309 | 1:149,450 | 11,887 |
| Tanzania | 227 | 1:233,223 | 19,155 |
Wantahe (134) may also be a first name.
Wantahe Demographics
Wantahe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wantahe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wantahe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wantahe is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wantahe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 584,278th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. The last name Wantahe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wantahe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wantahe is also the 800,975th most frequent first name globally, borne by 134 people.
The surname Wantahe is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 149,450. In Kenya Wantahe is mostly concentrated in: Migori County, where 99 percent live, Kisii County, where 0 percent live and Machakos County, where 0 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 42 percent live.
Wantahe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanthahe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wantae | 92 | 14 | / |
| Wanthae | 86 | 168 | / |
| Whantae | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wanthoe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waintahi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hwanthae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wantoe | 77 | 923 | / |
| Vantae | 77 | 20 | / |
| Wanteu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wontae | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wonthoe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Wantaoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wountahi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wontoher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanthoest | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wontoe | 62 | 166 | / |
| Wonteu | 62 | 2 | / |
| Vanteu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vantoe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Boontae | 57 | 387 | / |
| Vantoai | 57 | 16 | / |
| Bantoai | 57 | 9 | / |
| Beantoe | 57 | 6 | / |
| Wontoet | 57 | 4 | / |
| Uantoep | 57 | 4 | / |
| Bantoey | 57 | 3 | / |
| Boonthae | 53 | 102 | / |
| Vonthaer | 53 | 20 | / |
| Vantoest | 53 | 9 | / |
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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 Wantahe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis