Wacal Surname
Approximately 582 people bear this surname
Wacal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 431 | 1:90,578 | 9,386 |
| Philippines | 144 | 1:703,043 | 71,385 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Wacal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wacal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wacal is found most in Uganda. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wacal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 549,140th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,521,557 people. Wacal occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wacal reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 90,578. In Uganda Wacal is most frequent in: Nebbi District, where 59 percent live, Zombo District, where 29 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 4 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and New Caledonia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wacal
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