Wabu Surname
Approximately 869 people bear this surname
Wabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| Papua New Guinea | 114 | 1:71,524 | 9,336 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Wabu (585) may also be a first name.
Wabu Demographics
Average Wabu Salary in
South Africa
R 116,100
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wabu is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Wabu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 403,615th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,386,129 people. The surname Wabu is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Wabu live; 49 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wabu is also the 345,974th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 585 people.
The surname Wabu is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Aside from Malawi this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Wabu Last Name Statistics demography
Wabu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning R 116,100 per year.
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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 Wabu
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