Wagawa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wagawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Wagawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wagawa is most common in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagawa? popularity and diffusion
Wagawa is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Wagawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wagawa are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Wagawa is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Wagawa is most frequent in: North Region, where 75 percent are found and Far North Region, where 25 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waghawa | 92 | 12 | / |
| Wagaiwa | 92 | 9 | / |
| Weagawa | 92 | 7 | / |
| Wangawa | 92 | 5 | / |
| Wagawad | 92 | 4 | / |
| Waigawa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wangaywa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Wagawaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wagowa | 83 | 183 | / |
| Wogawa | 83 | 98 | / |
| Wagewa | 83 | 17 | / |
| Wagawe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Vagawa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wanggaway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vagawad | 77 | 8 | / |
| Bagawau | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bagaywa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wangowa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Waggaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bagahwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Baygawa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vagaway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wagoway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wangawo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bagaway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Uhagawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wagawge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wageway | 77 | 0 | / |
| Waighewa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Wangoowa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wanghowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bagaba | 67 | 220 | / |
| Bagava | 67 | 84 | / |
| Uegawa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Vagaba | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wagavi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wagabo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Vagava | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wanghaiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wagowo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wagova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wogaba | 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 Wagawa
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