Wambe Surname
Approximately 2,400 people bear this surname
Wambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,341 | 1:55,093 | 6,617 |
| Cameroon | 538 | 1:38,604 | 5,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 152 | 1:53,643 | 6,800 |
| Zimbabwe | 150 | 1:102,922 | 14,428 |
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Wambé (2) are calculated separately.
Wambe (355) may also be a first name.
Wambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wambe is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Wambé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 178,070th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,036,477 people. The last name Wambe occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wambe live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 462,374th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 355 people.
The last name Wambe is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,341 people, or 1 in 55,093. Without taking into account The DR Congo Wambe is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
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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
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