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 last name Wambeng is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambeng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Wambeng live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 123 people.
Wambeng is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Wambeng is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 26 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Wambeng
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