Wamaana Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Wamaana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wamaana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamaana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamaana is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamaana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamaana is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamaana reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 3,003,021. In Uganda Wamaana is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 69 percent live, Bugiri District, where 8 percent live and Mbale District, where 8 percent live. Aside from Uganda it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
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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 Wamaana
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