Wakuganda Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Wakuganda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakuganda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakuganda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakuganda is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakuganda? popularity and diffusion
Wakuganda is the 1,428,594th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wakuganda reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 60 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 37 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakikanda | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wakikandwa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wagacand | 71 | 13 | / |
| Wakwe-Ukandu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakakhande | 63 | 1 | / |
| Waqghunde | 56 | 1 | / |
| Wecokonda | 56 | 1 | / |
| Wachakianti | 50 | 18 | / |
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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 Wakuganda
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