Wakholi Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Wakholi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 429 | 1:91,001 | 9,409 |
| Kenya | 73 | 1:632,601 | 28,796 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakholi (31) may also be a first name.
Wakholi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakholi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakholi occurs most in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakholi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 610,848th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wakholi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 31 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 429 people, or 1 in 91,001. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 63 percent reside, Butaleja District, where 11 percent reside and Kampala District, where 7 percent reside. Beside Uganda Wakholi exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 1 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
- 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 Wakholi
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