Wanyora Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanyora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanyora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wanyora Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wanyora Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wanyora is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanyora? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wanyora is the 4,307,654th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wanyora live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Wanyora is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 2,886,244. In Kenya Wanyora is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 56 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 25 percent are found and Muranga County, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Wanyora occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.

Wanyora Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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
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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 Wanyora
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