Wafula Surname
Approximately 212,051 people bear this surname
Wafula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 186,183 | 1:248 | 21 |
| Uganda | 22,757 | 1:1,715 | 244 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wafula (63,981) may also be a first name.
Wafula Demographics
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Wafula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wafula is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafula? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,629th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 34,367 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wafula are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wafula is also the 15,017th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 63,981 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 186,183 people, or 1 in 248. In Kenya Wafula is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 54 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 16 percent live and Kakamega County, where 10 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 43 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Sudan, where 1 percent live.
Wafula Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wafula last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Wafula are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the party.
Wafula earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.44% less than the national average, earning $42,959 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafulah | 92 | 208 | / |
| Wafuula | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wafulla | 92 | 3 | / |
| Waafula | 92 | 2 | / |
| Waffula | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wafulas | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wafoula | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wafullah | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bafula | 83 | 603 | / |
| Wefula | 83 | 172 | / |
| Wafila | 83 | 39 | / |
| Wafulo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wafule | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wofula | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bafuila | 77 | 205 | / |
| Bafoula | 77 | 7 | / |
| Wayfule | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wafouli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wefuula | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafaulla | 71 | 3 | / |
| Vafaulla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bofula | 67 | 354 | / |
| Bafule | 67 | 125 | / |
| Vafila | 67 | 25 | / |
| Wefila | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wafole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafuli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafoli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uafule | 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 Wafula
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