Wagumba Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wagumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wagumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1951:236,82016,541
Uganda911:429,00326,108
Tanzania841:630,25738,555
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Wagumba (10) may also be a first name.

Wagumba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wagumba is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Wagumba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagumba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 757,040th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 19,279,222 people. The last name Wagumba occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wagumba live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name worldwide, held by 10 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 236,820. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 62 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 26 percent live and Siaya County, where 5 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent live and Tanzania, where 22 percent live.

Wagumba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waigumba93176/
Waggumba937/
Wangumba934/
Waguumba931/
Bagumba86234/
Wegumba8691/
Wogumba8625/
Wagomba862/
Bagumbay8049/
Wangumbo801/
Wogumbe715/
Bagumbi711/
Bagumbo711/
Bagumboy6720/
Vaghumbe672/
Bagunmbe671/
Bagumbee671/
Bougoumbaï591/
Bogumbe5723/
Bagunbe575/
Wogombi571/
Bagunbo571/
Bogunmbe53209/

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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 Wagumba
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