Wakango Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Wakango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
Wakango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakango occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wakango click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakango? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,876,555th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Wakango live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 975,982. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Butaleja District, where 55 percent are found, Mbale District, where 40 percent are found and Kibuku District, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakangou | 93 | 9 | / |
| Waikango | 93 | 4 | / |
| Wakanengo | 88 | 16 | / |
| Wakanga | 86 | 148 | / |
| Wakongo | 86 | 48 | / |
| Wekango | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wakongou | 80 | 51 | / |
| Wakhanga | 80 | 19 | / |
| Wakongoh | 80 | 9 | / |
| Waikanga | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wakhongo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakaanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waykanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakonghou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wakonga | 71 | 141 | / |
| Wekongo | 71 | 51 | / |
| Vakanga | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wokanga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wacanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wekanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bacango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baïkanga | 67 | 578 | / |
| Bacangoy | 67 | 183 | / |
| Backanga | 67 | 8 | / |
| Watkonga | 67 | 8 | / |
| Boukango | 67 | 4 | / |
| Baikanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakeanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakankga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakkonga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weikanga | 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 Wakango
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis