Waganda Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Waganda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waganda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya881:524,77226,127
South Africa821:660,70448,422
Nigeria511:3,473,387102,969
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Uganda301:1,301,30950,636
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
United States91:40,273,215872,126

Waganda (32) may also be a first name.

Waganda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waganda occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waganda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 887,624th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Waganda live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 27 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Waganda is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 32 people.

The last name Waganda is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya Waganda is mostly found in: Siaya County, where 88 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 5 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.

Waganda Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Waganda earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.17% less than the national average, earning R 63,756 per year and in United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,812 USD per year.

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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 Waganda
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