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.
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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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 29,343rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 398,880 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wamba live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 343,155th most widely held first name globally It is held by 594 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 7,287 people, or 1 in 2,850. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 34 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 27 percent reside and West Region, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 51 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 40 percent reside and The Congo, where 7 percent reside.
Wamba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wamba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wamba surname rose 586 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wamba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wamba last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans 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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