Waimba Surname
Approximately 788 people bear this surname
Waimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 491 | 1:16,606 | 1,653 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Waimba (68) may also be a first name.
Waimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waimba is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waimba? popularity and diffusion
Waimba is the 435,773rd most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,248,155 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Waimba reside; 62 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 62 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Waimba is also the 1,181,159th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 68 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 491 people, or 1 in 16,606. In Papua New Guinea Waimba is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 67 percent are found, Morobe, where 7 percent are found and West New Britain, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 36 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Waimba
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