Wanyaraba Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wanyaraba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Wanyaraba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyaraba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanyaraba is most common in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyaraba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyaraba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Wanyaraba is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda Wanyaraba is most common in: Mbale District, where 86 percent are found and Manafwa District, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baniaraba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vanjarabhat | 70 | 44 | / |
| Vainjarabai | 70 | 1 | / |
| Banioraba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vanyarova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vanjarava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanajharabhat | 64 | 1 | / |
| Baniarova | 56 | 3 | / |
| Vanharova | 56 | 3 | / |
| Banyarová | 56 | 1 | / |
| Vainharova | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Wanyaraba
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