Wanyongo Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Wanyongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanyongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanyongo is found most frequently in Uganda. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Wanyongo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wanyongo reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Wanyongo is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Mbale District, where 72 percent are found, Sironko District, where 7 percent are found and Bulambuli District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Wanyongo
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