Wakabenga Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wakabenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakabenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3461:112,83010,952
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431

Wakabenga (14) may also be a first name.

Wakabenga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wakabenga occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakabenga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 796,486th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakabenga are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wakabenga is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename at a global level, held by 14 people.

Wakabenga is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 112,830. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Bududa District, where 32 percent reside, Manafwa District, where 28 percent reside and Mbale District, where 25 percent reside. Other than Uganda Wakabenga is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent reside.

Wakabenga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Wakabenga
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