Waboya Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Waboya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 156 | 1:250,252 | 18,603 |
| Kenya | 99 | 1:466,464 | 24,395 |
Waboya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waboya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waboya has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waboya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,001,271st most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name Waboya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waboya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Waboya is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 250,252. In Uganda Waboya is primarily found in: Bududa District, where 51 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 33 percent are found and Mbale District, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 39 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 Waboya
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