Wasonga Surname

45,993rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wasonga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasonga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya10,7591:4,292615
Tanzania2811:188,40416,240
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Uganda301:1,301,30950,636
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Wasonga (2,585) may also be a first name.

Wasonga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wasonga is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasonga? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wasonga is the 45,993rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 646,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasonga live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 144,694th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 2,585 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 10,759 people, or 1 in 4,292. In Kenya Wasonga is most frequent in: Migori County, where 24 percent reside, Siaya County, where 20 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Wasonga occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Wasonga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (99%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Wasonga surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

Wasonga earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.99% less than the national average, earning $33,229 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 Wasonga
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