Wafuba Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wafuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wafuba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2501:156,15713,666
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Wafuba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wafuba occurs most in Uganda. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafuba? popularity and diffusion

Wafuba is the 1,011,991st most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wafuba reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 156,157. In Uganda Wafuba is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 74 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 13 percent are found and Busia District, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wofuba8395/
Wafuwa8380/
Bafuba838/
Wefuba836/
Wafubo832/
Wafiba831/
Vafouba772/
Wafuboi771/
Bafubo671/
Vafiba671/
Vafoba671/
Wofubo671/
Bafube671/
Waifowai573/
Wafowo501/
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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 Wafuba
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