Werangai Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Werangai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Werangai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1151:401,56422,499
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Werangai (13) may also be a first name.

Werangai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Werangai is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Werangai? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,683,218th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Werangai reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 13 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 401,564. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 85 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 8 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Werangai is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Werangai Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Werangai last name 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 Werangai
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