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 carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 832,284th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wadamba reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 128,419. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Sironko District, where 33 percent reside, Mbale District, where 23 percent reside and Kampala District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
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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