Wakube Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wakube Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakube Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda4991:78,2358,448
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wakube Last Name Facts

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

Wakube occurs most in Uganda. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wakube click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakube? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 615,220th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname Wakube occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakube live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 499 people, or 1 in 78,235. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Bududa District, where 63 percent reside, Mbale District, where 15 percent reside and Manafwa District, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakoube9218/
Wakuube924/
Waikube921/
Wakobe8389/
Wakuba8381/
Wekube8310/
Wakibe837/
Wakubi832/
Wokube831/
Wakhobe77139/
Waikubi7761/
Bakaube7734/
Wakoobe7724/
Wacoube779/
Bakoube773/
Wakouba772/
Baikube771/
Wakubaya7182/
Bahkuhbe711/
Wakibi671,268/
Wakoba67664/
Bacube6772/
Vakubi6753/
Bokube6721/
Wakobi6717/
Wokobe672/
Wokubi671/
Vakibe671/

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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
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  • 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 Wakube
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