Wanzau Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Wanzau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Wanzau (21) may also be a first name.
Wanzau Demographics
Wanzau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanzau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanzau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanzau is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wanzau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanzau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanzau reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wanzau is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name globally, held by 21 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 710,460. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Machakos County, where 91 percent reside, Makueni County, where 6 percent reside and Embu County, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Wanzau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence 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 Wanzau
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