Wamalabe Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Wamalabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 258 | 1:178,992 | 13,473 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wamalabe (269) may also be a first name.
Wamalabe Demographics
Wamalabe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamalabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamalabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamalabe has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamalabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wamalabe is the 895,817th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. Wamalabe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamalabe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 542,091st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 269 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 178,992. In Kenya Wamalabe is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 99 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 0 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Wamalabe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamulabe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wamalaba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wamalabis | 82 | 122 | / |
| Wamalapu | 75 | 13 | / |
| Wamaloba | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wamulebe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wamalibu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wamulubye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bamalabhai | 67 | 22 | / |
| Wimalap | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wemalipe | 63 | 12 | / |
| Wamulibu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wamulubu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vamolabi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bamoleabi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Vemalabai | 59 | 1 | / |
| Wi Mehlape | 56 | 1 | / |
| Huamallavi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Womulibu | 50 | 26 | / |
| Wamuluba | 50 | 1 | / |
| Wamulepa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Wamuleba | 50 | 1 | / |
| Wameleba | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Wamalabe
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