Wamala Surname
Approximately 15,306 people bear this surname
Wamala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 14,644 | 1:2,666 | 432 |
| Tanzania | 205 | 1:258,252 | 20,734 |
| Papua New Guinea | 118 | 1:69,099 | 9,015 |
| Kenya | 96 | 1:481,041 | 24,996 |
| England | 58 | 1:960,656 | 48,451 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Wamala (429) may also be a first name.
Wamala Demographics
Average Wamala Salary in
United States
$37,965 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wamala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamala is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wamala.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wamala is the 34,628th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 476,123 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamala are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 414,511th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 429 people.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 14,644 people, or 1 in 2,666. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 21 percent live, Kampala District, where 14 percent live and Mukono District, where 6 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Wamala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wamala surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Wamala surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wamala earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12.01% less than the national average, earning $37,965 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.24% less than the national average, earning $43,107 CAD per year.
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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 Wamala
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