Wamabe Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wamabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wamabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamabe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamabe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Wamabe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamabe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Wamabe is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Wamabe is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Kenya Wamabe occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Wamabe
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