Wesanza Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wesanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wesanza Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1351:342,07320,519
Uganda431:907,89040,955
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Wesanza Demographics

Wesanza Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 8 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Wesanza Last Name Facts

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

Wesanza has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wesanza click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wesanza? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,281,391st most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wesanza reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 342,073. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 90 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 3 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent reside.

Wesanza Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wesanza last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasanza86109/
Wezanza862/
Wesanja862/
Wesanze861/
Besanza861/
Vescanza805/
Wesantsa803/
Visanza71132/
Wazanza7127/
Bisanza7121/
Wejanja711/
Wesance710/
Wassansa67173/
Visanzay67126/
Wetsansi6787/
Wisansat6732/
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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 Wesanza
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