Wadamba Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Wadamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 304 | 1:128,419 | 11,921 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Wadamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadamba is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wadamba is the 832,284th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname Wadamba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wadamba are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Wadamba is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 128,419. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Sironko District, where 33 percent are found, Mbale District, where 23 percent are found and Kampala District, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waddamba | 93 | 4 | / |
| Wadhamba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wodamba | 86 | 325 | / |
| Wadambe | 86 | 120 | / |
| Wademba | 86 | 60 | / |
| Badamba | 86 | 13 | / |
| Wadomba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wadambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Badambai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wadeemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Batdamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Badambe | 71 | 428 | / |
| Wodemba | 71 | 73 | / |
| Vadambe | 71 | 40 | / |
| Bodamba | 71 | 21 | / |
| Wadanbe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Badanba | 71 | 8 | / |
| Vedamba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Badomba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wodambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wadembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vodamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vadamva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vedhamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boudamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahdanbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vadoumba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wadamba
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