Wafana Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Wafana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 382 | 1:102,197 | 10,211 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 1:223,743 | 25,019 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wafana (62) may also be a first name.
Wafana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafana occurs most in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 615,220th most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wafana are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 62 people.
Wafana is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 102,197. In Uganda Wafana is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 53 percent are found, Sironko District, where 13 percent are found and Bulambuli District, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafaana | 92 | 14 | / |
| Wafangay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bafana | 83 | 4,575 | / |
| Vafana | 83 | 303 | / |
| Wafena | 83 | 41 | / |
| Wafani | 83 | 25 | / |
| Wofana | 83 | 15 | / |
| Wafané | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wafona | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wafane | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waifanaia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waifane | 77 | 23 | / |
| Baffana | 77 | 12 | / |
| Bafanna | 77 | 12 | / |
| Wayfane | 77 | 12 | / |
| Wahfani | 77 | 8 | / |
| Baafana | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bafaana | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bafanaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Baifana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beafana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wafango | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wafaino | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vafanat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Washfani | 71 | 10 | / |
| Watphana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bofana | 67 | 694 | / |
| Bafane | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vafani | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bafona | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vafany | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wefena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vafona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wofena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafeno | 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
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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 Wafana
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