Wamalia Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Wamalia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 337 | 1:115,844 | 11,167 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Wamalia (122) may also be a first name.
Wamalia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamalia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamalia occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamalia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 801,116th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. Wamalia is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamalia reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wamalia is also the 844,248th most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 122 people.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 337 people, or 1 in 115,844. In Uganda Wamalia is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 48 percent live, Bududa District, where 34 percent live and Mubende District, where 8 percent live. Not including Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wamalia
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