Wambenga Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Wambenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wambenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wambenga is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,871,545th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Wambenga is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wambenga reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Beside The DR Congo Wambenga is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wambena | 93 | 45 | / |
| Bambenga | 88 | 288 | / |
| Wamwenga | 88 | 5 | / |
| Wambinga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wambengo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wambenge | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wembenga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wambina | 80 | 19 | / |
| Bambena | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bombenga | 75 | 531 | / |
| Bambinga | 75 | 56 | / |
| Bambengi | 75 | 21 | / |
| Bambenge | 75 | 21 | / |
| Bambeena | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wambingo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wambenop | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bambina | 67 | 660 | / |
| Wambino | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bombena | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wainebengo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wombina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Banbena | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wambenga
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