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
The last name Wawere is found most in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawere? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wawere is the 4,649,889th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Wawere reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Wawere is most frequent 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 is found 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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