Wambai Surname
Approximately 3,217 people bear this surname
Wambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,043 | 1:58,213 | 4,373 |
| Cameroon | 91 | 1:228,232 | 22,810 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
Wambai (908) may also be a first name.
Wambai Demographics
Wambai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wambai has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 139,035th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,265,324 people. The last name Wambai is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wambai reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 269,226th most common first name world-wide It is held by 908 people.
The surname Wambai is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,043 people, or 1 in 58,213. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 20 percent live, Jigawa, where 13 percent live and Kaduna, where 10 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Wambai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wambai last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wambai
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