Wambete Surname

172,556th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,493 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wambete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wambete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,0291:19,2412,868
Kenya4101:112,6349,577
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
France71:9,488,960336,266
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wambete (33) may also be a first name.

Wambete Last Name Facts

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

Wambete is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambete? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 172,556th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,923,203 people. The surname Wambete is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wambete live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 33 people.

The last name Wambete is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 2,029 people, or 1 in 19,241. In Uganda Wambete is most frequent in: Bududa District, where 62 percent live, Manafwa District, where 18 percent live and Mbale District, where 7 percent live. Other than Uganda Wambete is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Wambete Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Wambete last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wambette93486/
Wambeete935/
Wambeteh931/
Wambet928/
Wambeti861,390/
Wambote86227/
Wambate862/
Wembete861/
Wanbete861/
Wambite861/
Wambeta861/
Wambeata801/
Wambatte801/
Bambet773/
Wambed772/
Wambit771/
Baimbetea751/
Bombete71513/
Baimbet7176/
Wambita7176/
Wombate7148/
Vambote7127/
Bambite7122/
Baymbet719/
Wambiti714/
Vambeti713/
Wanbeth711/
Wambithi675/
Wambathi672/
Bambeytt671/
Baambite671/
Boumbete671/
Vanbeter670/

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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 Wambete
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