Waana Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
Waana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 368 | 1:106,085 | 10,465 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Waana (64) may also be a first name.
Waana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waana is found most frequently in Uganda. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Waana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waana is the 466,730th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. Waana is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Waana live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 64 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 368 people, or 1 in 106,085. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kibuku District, where 31 percent live, Budaka District, where 28 percent live and Pallisa District, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 16 percent live.
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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 Waana
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