Wafuname Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wafuname Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wafuname 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
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218

Wafuname Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wafuname is most common in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafuname? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wafuname are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Wafuname is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 100 percent live. Not including Kenya Wafuname is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 44 percent live.

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
Wafunama882/
Wafinamae821/
Wafanam8012/
Wafinama7521/
Wafunamwoyo742/
Wafenmi671/

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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 Wafuname
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