Warue Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Warue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3461:133,46810,942
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Warue (160) may also be a first name.

Warue Last Name Facts

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

Warue is most common in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Warue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 801,116th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name Warue occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Warue live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 725,185th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 160 people.

The surname Warue is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 133,468. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Embu County, where 91 percent live, Kiambu County, where 3 percent live and Muranga County, where 3 percent live. Other than Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Warue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Warue has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Warue surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Warue Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warui8014,058/
Warie80781/
Warwe80137/
Barue8085/
Warve8013/
Waruu805/
Varue804/
Worue803/
Warrie731,689/
Barrue73304/
Warwer73259/
Warbhe73126/
Warwey7385/
Warwei7331/
Varhue7329/
Warvie7320/
Waarie7319/
Wairui7318/
Wairie738/
Warbeh738/
Hwarie734/
Bairue733/
Waarwe733/
Varues732/
Varuhe732/
Warvey732/
Varuey732/
Worrue731/
Varuie731/
Baruea731/
Wayrie731/
Varoue731/
Varuea731/
Warwie731/
Wearie730/
Varuer730/
Bayrue730/
Wharrie67261/
Bairuea6730/
Barhuhe6721/
Wearver675/
Warrrie673/
Waarieh672/
Waruayh671/
Wharves671/
Vasruez671/
Wairuha671/
Baruhei671/
Wairuhi671/
Warweah671/
Warrwed671/
Waarbhe671/
Baharue671/
Hwairie671/
Waruich671/

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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 Warue
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