Wanyona Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Wanyona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 296 | 1:156,013 | 12,361 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wanyona (13) may also be a first name.
Wanyona Demographics
Wanyona Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanyona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanyona occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyona? popularity and diffusion
Wanyona is the 899,940th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyona reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wanyona is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 13 people.
Wanyona is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 156,013. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 74 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 21 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Wanyona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily 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 Wanyona
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