Wanyanga Surname
Approximately 978 people bear this surname
Wanyanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 375 | 1:123,146 | 10,265 |
| Uganda | 365 | 1:106,957 | 10,527 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Tanzania | 101 | 1:524,174 | 34,222 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Wanyanga (77) may also be a first name.
Wanyanga Demographics
Wanyanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanyanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanyanga is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyanga? popularity and diffusion
Wanyanga is the 368,021st most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 7,451,478 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyanga live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 77 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 375 people, or 1 in 123,146. In Kenya Wanyanga is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 55 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 38 percent reside and Busia County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 37 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside.
Wanyanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wanyanga last name 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 Wanyanga
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