Wamba Surname
Approximately 18,270 people bear this surname
Wamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7,287 | 1:2,850 | 336 |
| DR Congo | 7,279 | 1:10,150 | 1,255 |
| Congo | 1,298 | 1:3,844 | 621 |
| Tanzania | 619 | 1:85,528 | 8,689 |
| Nigeria | 485 | 1:365,243 | 19,546 |
| Argentina | 401 | 1:106,592 | 9,020 |
| Papua New Guinea | 343 | 1:23,772 | 2,611 |
| France | 117 | 1:567,716 | 76,560 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| Spain | 77 | 1:607,169 | 28,212 |
| Liberia | 50 | 1:88,171 | 7,231 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Wamba (594) may also be a first name.
Wamba Demographics
Average Wamba Salary in
United States
$40,857 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamba (Oriya: ଶବର) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamba is the 29,343rd most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 398,880 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wamba are found; 86 percent are found in Central Africa and 85 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wamba is also the 343,155th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 594 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 7,287 people, or 1 in 2,850. In Cameroon Wamba is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 34 percent live, Littoral Region, where 27 percent live and West Region, where 25 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and The Congo, where 7 percent live.
Wamba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wamba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wamba surname rose 586 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wamba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wamba surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wamba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.72% less than the national average, earning R 74,340 per year; in United States they earn 5.31% less than the national average, earning $40,857 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.66% less than the national average, earning $33,456 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wamba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶବର | sabara | - |
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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 Wamba
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