Wanyiera Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Wanyiera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wanyiera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyiera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanyiera has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyiera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanyiera is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Wanyiera occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Wanyiera live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda Wanyiera is primarily concentrated in: Tororo District, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Wanyiera
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