Wanzala Surname
Approximately 11,147 people bear this surname
Wanzala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6,211 | 1:7,435 | 987 |
| Uganda | 4,862 | 1:8,029 | 1,404 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Wanzala (1,352) may also be a first name.
Wanzala Demographics
Average Wanzala Salary in
United States
$21,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wanzala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanzala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanzala is found most frequently in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanzala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 46,507th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 653,767 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanzala are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 213,346th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 1,352 people.
The surname Wanzala is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 6,211 people, or 1 in 7,435. In Kenya Wanzala is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 50 percent live, Kakamega County, where 28 percent live and Bungoma County, where 9 percent live. Other than Kenya Wanzala is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 44 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Wanzala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Kenya.
Wanzala earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 USD per year.
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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 Wanzala
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