Wamasebu Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wamasebu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wamasebu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya521:888,07532,885
Uganda461:848,68039,357

Wamasebu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wamasebu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wamasebu is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamasebu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,871,545th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Wamasebu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamasebu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Wamasebu is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 98 percent reside and Busia County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 47 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamasebe8820/
Wamasebo885/
Wamasibu881/
Wa Masebe821/
Wamsby710/
Wamasopo631/
Wamusobo631/
Womsby570/
Wamusbah504/

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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 Wamasebu
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