Wabuge Surname

349,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,044 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wabuge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wabuge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8841:52,2405,269
Uganda1521:256,83718,920
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Wabuge (150) may also be a first name.

Wabuge Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wabuge Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wabuge occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wabuge? popularity and diffusion

Wabuge is the 349,716th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,980,408 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wabuge reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 752,187th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 150 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 884 people, or 1 in 52,240. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 41 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 21 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Wabuge Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wabugye921/
Wabuze8362/
Wabuga8329/
Babuge8317/
Wabuje8311/
Wabugi8311/
Wabuse837/
Wobuge836/
Waibuga7737/
Babouge7726/
Wabujje7712/
Waabuze773/
Wabuuze772/
Wabouga771/
Wabugga771/
Wobugye771/
Wabhuga771/
Wabougui711/
Waboga67163/
Wabuza67133/
Bavuge6770/
Wabuji6749/
Babuze6733/
Wobuje6727/
Babugi6716/
Wabuzi678/
Vavuge671/

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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 Wabuge
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