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
Waimba is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waimba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 435,773rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,248,155 people. The surname Waimba is primarily found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Waimba reside; 62 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 62 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,181,159th most widely held first name globally It is held by 68 people.
The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 491 people, or 1 in 16,606. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 67 percent reside, Morobe, where 7 percent reside and West New Britain, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Waimba
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