Wambao Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wambao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wambao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea641:127,40217,396
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wambao (24) may also be a first name.

Wambao Last Name Facts

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

Wambao is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambao? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Wambao live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wambao is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 24 people.

The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 42 percent are found, Western, where 39 percent are found and Morobe, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waimbao922/
Bambao831,800/
Wanbao833/
Wamboua772/
Wamboha772/
Wambuio771/
Wainbao771/
Wambaaya718/
Wambayea711/
Wambajja711/
Bamboa67337/
Wonbao679/
Vanbao678/
Banbao677/
Woinbao6220/
Bamboua6213/
Huanbao624/
Bambooa624/
Bambouo621/
Bambooo621/
Bambeija5715/
Bambaija578/
Woinbaou571/
Bomboa50110/
Banvoa502/
Vanboa501/

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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 Wambao
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