Wanyaga Surname
Approximately 3,206 people bear this surname
Wanyaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,178 | 1:14,531 | 1,761 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanyaga (534) may also be a first name.
Wanyaga Demographics
Wanyaga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanyaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanyaga is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyaga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 139,425th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,273,096 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyaga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wanyaga is also the 364,930th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 534 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 3,178 people, or 1 in 14,531. In Kenya it is most common in: Embu County, where 57 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 10 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 8 percent are found. Other than Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Wanyaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wanyaga surname is predominantly 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 Wanyaga
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