Wakhula Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wakhula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Wakhula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakhula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakhula is most common in Uganda. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wakhula click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakhula? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Wakhula occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakhula live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda Wakhula is most common in: Budaka District, where 55 percent are found, Kampala District, where 30 percent are found and Mukono District, where 5 percent are found. Other than Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 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 Wakhula
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