Waful Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Waful Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waful Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya841:549,76126,736
United States261:13,940,728505,428
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Waful Last Name Facts

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

Waful is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waful? popularity and diffusion

The last name Waful is the 1,710,039th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Waful is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Waful live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Waful is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya Waful is most prevalent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 87 percent live, Bungoma County, where 11 percent live and Kakamega County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Waful Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Waful has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Waful surname contracted 46 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Waful Last Name Statistics demography

Waful earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.71% more than the national average, earning $44,317 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wafful9160/
Wafule912/
Waeful911/
Wafull910/
Wavful910/
Wayfule834/
Waffull830/
Baful80240/
Uaful801/
Woful800/
Wauffull778/
Weatfaul770/
Baiful733/
Vaiful733/
Vafaul731/
Vayful731/
Uafule731/
Bafull731/
Bafoul731/
Vauful730/
Bauful730/
Wohful730/
Wofful730/
Vadfule671/
Woffull670/
Woodfull62100/
Woodfult620/
Veful601/
Vafol601/
Boyful551/
Boufoul505/
Bayphul501/
Boofull500/

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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 Waful
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