Wakobwa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wakobwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wakobwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakobwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakobwa is found most in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wakobwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakobwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakobwa is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Wakobwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakobwa reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 2,602,619. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 93 percent live and Mukono District, where 7 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakubwa | 86 | 6 | / |
| Wakabwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wakebwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wakhabwa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Bakoobwa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wakabwe | 71 | 35 | / |
| Wakubua | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wakobui | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wakafwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bakubwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakobwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakabba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wokebwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wokhabwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakahabwa | 63 | 8 | / |
| Wakoubouet | 59 | 10 | / |
| Vakabua | 57 | 128 | / |
| Wakafua | 57 | 68 | / |
| Wakabbo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Wakabbi | 57 | 2 | / |
| Wakabui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bakabua | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bokobwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wakubuo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bakhabba | 53 | 5 | / |
| Wakapuas | 53 | 1 | / |
| Baykovva | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bakhabbaj | 50 | 2 | / |
| Bakkubbai | 50 | 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 Wakobwa
- 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