Wamale Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Wamale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 211 | 1:185,020 | 15,254 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wamale (11) may also be a first name.
Wamale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamale is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 835,661st most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamale live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 37 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 185,020. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Mbale District, where 55 percent are found, Sironko District, where 13 percent are found and Bududa District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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
- 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 Wamale
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