Wademba Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wademba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wademba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda581:673,09134,310
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wademba Last Name Facts

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

Wademba is found most in Uganda. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wademba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wademba is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wademba live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 673,091. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Budaka District, where 19 percent reside, Butaleja District, where 17 percent reside and Sironko District, where 14 percent reside. Beside Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wadiemba9341/
Wadeemba931/
Wadamba86332/
Wadimba86184/
Wodemba8673/
Wadembe8620/
Bademba865/
Wadomba862/
Wadembo861/
Waddimba80345/
Waddamba804/
Waddembe803/
Wadhamba801/
Badembai801/
Wadenbach7511/
Waaddimba751/
Badimba71388/
Wodamba71325/
Wadenby719/
Wadenbo716/
Badembo714/
Badembe713/
Wodembo711/
Wodembe711/
Wadimbe711/
Wadambo711/
Baddembe672/
Weidembe671/
Badimbai671/

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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 Wademba
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