Wabaye Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Wabaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Wabaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wabaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wabaye is found most in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wabaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,121,169th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wabaye live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wabaye is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 780,786. In Uganda Wabaye is most frequent in: Butaleja District, where 86 percent reside, Mbale District, where 8 percent reside and Kampala District, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Wabaye
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