Wanzala Surname

46,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanzala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanzala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6,2111:7,435987
Uganda4,8621:8,0291,404
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Wanzala (1,352) may also be a first name.

Wanzala Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Wanzala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 46,507th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 653,767 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanzala live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wanzala is also the 213,346th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 1,352 people.

The surname Wanzala is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 6,211 people, or 1 in 7,435. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Busia County, where 50 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 28 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 44 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Wanzala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Wanzala surname is predominantly 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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