Wanyancha Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Wanyancha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 391 | 1:135,401 | 12,574 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wanyancha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyancha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanyancha is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wanyancha.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyancha? popularity and diffusion
Wanyancha is the 734,496th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. The surname Wanyancha is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyancha are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wanyancha is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 391 people, or 1 in 135,401. In Tanzania Wanyancha is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 81 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 0 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
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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
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- 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
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