Wanyigha Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Wanyigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wanyigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanyigha occurs most in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyigha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyigha live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Wanyigha is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 91 percent live, Mombasa County, where 5 percent live and Kajiado County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wanyigha
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