Wafu Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Wafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wafu (50) may also be a first name.
Wafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wafu is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wafu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 956,400th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Wafu live; 36 percent live in East Africa and 36 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wafu is also the 1,412,538th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 50 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya Wafu is most prevalent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Wafu is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafeu | 89 | 524 | / |
| Wafou | 89 | 21 | / |
| Waifu | 89 | 6 | / |
| Wafup | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wafau | 89 | 2 | / |
| Waafu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waffeu | 80 | 271 | / |
| Wafush | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whaffu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waffou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wawfut | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bafu | 75 | 546 | / |
| Wofu | 75 | 101 | / |
| Wefu | 75 | 44 | / |
| Vafu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Uafu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wajsfus | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bafou | 67 | 741 | / |
| Bafau | 67 | 30 | / |
| Bafui | 67 | 30 | / |
| Weifu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Bafuh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bafeu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Huafu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Baifu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Baufu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Baffu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vaifu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bafuj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wefeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baafu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beafu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wofou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wefou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vafeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vafau | 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 Wafu
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