Wambili Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Wambili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wambili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3691:200,21619,970
Tanzania321:1,654,42547,334
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Wambili (54) may also be a first name.

Wambili Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wambili is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wambili.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambili? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 703,644th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname Wambili occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wambili live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most widely held forename internationally, held by 54 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 369 people, or 1 in 200,216. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wambile86342/
Bambili86205/
Vambili86178/
Wambila86151/
Wembili864/
Wombili862/
Wambeli861/
Wanbilai8029/
Wambaile806/
Baimbili804/
Waimbile804/
Wambelia804/
Beambili801/
Wambuila801/
Bambile711,123/
Wambela71576/
Wambele71496/
Bombili71141/
Banbili71127/
Wembile7175/
Bambeli7125/
Vamvili7121/
Vembili716/
Vambile711/
Wembily711/
Vambeli711/
Wombile710/
Baumbile674/
Bammbile673/
Beambeli671/
Waimbele671/

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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 Wambili
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