Wabela Surname
Approximately 3,510 people bear this surname
Wabela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,381 | 1:28,851 | 3,488 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wabela (5,215) may also be a first name.
Wabela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wabela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wabela is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 128,989th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,076,224 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wabela reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wabela is also the 93,703rd most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,215 people.
The last name Wabela is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,381 people, or 1 in 28,851. Aside from Ethiopia Wabela exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 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 Wabela
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