Wawere Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Wawere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wawere (11) may also be a first name.
Wawere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wawere is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Wawere live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wawere is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename internationally, held by 11 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Wawere is mostly found in: Nairobi County, where 40 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 40 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Wawere
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