Wambeng Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Wambeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
Wambeng (123) may also be a first name.
Wambeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wambeng is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wambeng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambeng? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Wambeng reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 74 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 123 people.
The surname Wambeng is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 26 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and Canada, 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
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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 Wambeng
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