Wambetsa Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wambetsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wambetsa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1241:372,41921,454
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Wambetsa Demographics

Wambetsa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Wambetsa Last Name Facts

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

Wambetsa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wambetsa.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambetsa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,620,164th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wambetsa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 372,419. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent reside, Busia County, where 1 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 1 percent reside.

Wambetsa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wambetsa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Wambetsah941/
Wambotsa8870/
Wambatsa8811/
Wambetsyo821/
Wambatsah821/
Wambeza803/
Wambecha7575/
Wambotso7546/
Bamvetsa751/
Wambatsou711/
Wamboza67890/
Wambazo6715/
Wambaza674/
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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 Wambetsa
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