Wambecha Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wambecha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wambecha Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya741:624,05328,587
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wambecha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wambecha occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambecha? popularity and diffusion

Wambecha is the 2,185,341st most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wambecha are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 624,053. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent live and Kiambu County, where 1 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wambesha881/
Wambeche881/
Wambeza803/
Wambesa802/
Bambicha75574/
Wambetsa75124/
Wambisha7543/
Wambesho7518/
Wambicho7510/
Bambechi757/
Wambesai751/
Bombecha751/
Wambetsah711/
Bambesa6728/
Wambisa6713/
Bambeza675/
Uombeca671/
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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 Wambecha
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