Wabwayi Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wabwayi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wabwayi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wabwayi Last Name Facts

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

Wabwayi is most common in Uganda. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wabwayi.

How Common Is The Last Name Wabwayi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Wabwayi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wabwayi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Wabwayi is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,394,260. In Uganda Wabwayi is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 64 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 25 percent reside and Bukwo District, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Babwayi861/
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Babwai772/
Wabwoi771/
Wabbai771/
Wabweyo7163/
Wapwaya7155/
Wabbaye7114/
Wabweya7110/
Wabwiya712/
Babuayi711/
Wabbuyi711/
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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 Wabwayi
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