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 carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 466,730th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. The surname Waana occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Waana reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Waana is also the 1,223,525th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 64 people.
The last name Waana is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 106,085. In Uganda Waana is primarily found in: Kibuku District, where 31 percent are found, Budaka District, where 28 percent are found and Pallisa District, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Uganda Waana occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 16 percent are found.
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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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