Wamara Surname
Approximately 2,339 people bear this surname
Wamara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,830 | 1:21,333 | 3,123 |
| Tanzania | 372 | 1:142,316 | 13,061 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Wamara (405) may also be a first name.
Wamara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamara is found most frequently in Uganda. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 181,850th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,115,667 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamara live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 428,575th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 405 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 1,830 people, or 1 in 21,333. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Bududa District, where 16 percent reside, Masindi District, where 12 percent reside and Hoima District, where 11 percent reside. Barring Uganda Wamara exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wamara
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