Winji Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Winji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 107 | 1:431,588 | 23,328 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Winji (182) may also be a first name.
Winji Demographics
Winji Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Winji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Winji occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Winji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,544,715th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Winji reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Winji is also the 675,152nd most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 182 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 431,588. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 99 percent live and Kirinyaga County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya Winji exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Vanuatu, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Winji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Winji last name is principally 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 Winji
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