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 surname Wanzau is found most in Kenya. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanzau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanzau live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 21 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 710,460. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Machakos County, where 91 percent are found, Makueni County, where 6 percent are found and Embu County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Wanzau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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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