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 has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 403,615th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,386,129 people. The last name Wabu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Wabu reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 345,974th most widespread first name globally It is held by 585 people.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Apart from Malawi it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
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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