Wamabe Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wamabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wamabe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wamabe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wamabe is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamabe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wamabe is the 6,063,924th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamabe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Wamabe is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamaube9210/
Wamabea929/
Bamabe8318/
Wamawe832/
Wamaba832/
Wamave831/
Bamabee7740/
Waimawe771/
Waimaiwe711/
Wamowe6731/
Bamobe6727/
Bamave6712/
Wamawa678/
Bomabe674/
Womabi671/
Bamabi671/
Wemobe671/
Vamabi671/
Womaba671/
Bamaby671/
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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 Wamabe
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