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
The last name Wabaye is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,121,169th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. Wabaye occurs mostly 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 widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 780,786. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Butaleja District, where 86 percent live, Mbale District, where 8 percent live and Kampala District, where 2 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent live and Kenya, where 6 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
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- 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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