Fwama Surname

629,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Fwama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fwama 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
DR Congo4791:154,23716,059
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Fwama (24) may also be a first name.

Fwama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fwama is most common in The DR Congo. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fwama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 629,292nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,994,950 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwama are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fwama is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 24 people.

The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 479 people, or 1 in 154,237. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

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
Fwema80407/
Fuama80256/
Fwoma8068/
Fwamo801/
Fuhama73453/
Wbamea737/
Wvamea735/
Fuamau731/
Fuasma731/
Fuamaih671/

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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 Fwama
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