Wafaka Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Wafaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 67 | 1:582,676 | 31,350 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wafaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafaka is most common in Uganda. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wafaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafaka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,312,869th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wafaka live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 582,676. In Uganda Wafaka is mostly found in: Bududa District, where 93 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 1 percent are found and Buvuma District, where 1 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wafaka
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