Warighe Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Warighe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warighe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1571:294,13918,825
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552

Warighe (106) may also be a first name.

Warighe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Warighe is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Warighe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Warighe is the 1,348,199th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Warighe reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Warighe is also the 915,176th most frequently held forename internationally It is held by 106 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 294,139. In Kenya Warighe is most common in: Taita Taveta County, where 97 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 1 percent are found and Makueni County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.

Warighe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname 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 Warighe
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