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
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Wamala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamala is found most in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 34,628th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 476,123 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamala reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wamala is also the 414,511th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 429 people.
The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 14,644 people, or 1 in 2,666. In Uganda Wamala is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 21 percent live, Kampala District, where 14 percent live and Mukono District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Wamala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wamala last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being 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
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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 Wamala
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