Wafua Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Wafua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wafua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wafua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wafua occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,979,664th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Wafua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wafua reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Wafua is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Other than The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wafuap915/
Weafua911/
Bafua80817/
Wavua80338/
Uafua8023/
Wafwa807/
Vafua805/
Wafuop733/
Wayvua731/
Wabuha731/
Waivua731/
Bafuha731/
Weefuah6710/
Waibuha672/
Baffuah671/

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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 Wafua
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