Wababa Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wababa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wababa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1081:501,64540,799
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Wababa (38) may also be a first name.

Wababa Last Name Facts

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

Wababa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wababa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wababa is the 1,353,468th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wababa reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Wababa is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 38 people.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 501,645. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent are found, Western Cape, where 23 percent are found and Gauteng, where 2 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.

Wababa Last Name Statistics demography

Wababa earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.04% less than the national average, earning R 190,020 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bababa83580/
Wabeba8334/
Wababe8329/
Waboba8311/
Wababi839/
Webaba831/
Baibaba77153/
Baybaba7771/
Bababai7718/
Bababay773/
Bağbaba771/
Bajbaba771/
Huababa771/
Bababhai71605/
Bahababa715/
Vabasbas711/
Bababe67219/
Bababi67129/
Bobaba6759/
Wabobi6730/
Wabobo6722/
Bababo6715/
Babavo6714/
Wabobe678/
Babavi678/
Bababy676/
Babava675/
Baboba671/
Babave671/
Vababe671/
Bavoba671/

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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 Wababa
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