Wambilo Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wambilo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wambilo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2571:80,8139,897
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087

Wambilo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wambilo is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wambilo.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambilo? popularity and diffusion

Wambilo is the 961,438th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wambilo reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Wambilo is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 80,813. In Cameroon Wambilo is most prevalent in: East Region, where 93 percent are found, Centre Region, where 6 percent are found and Far North Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wambuileo881/
Wambila86151/
Bambilo8613/
Wanbilo862/
Bambilho801/
Wambuila801/
Bambila712,355/
Bambelo71829/
Wambela71576/
Bombilo71375/
Wembila714/
Wembelo711/
Bombilio6754/
Bambelou6752/
Bombilho6712/
Bambilia6710/
Bambelho677/
Wambelia674/
Vanbilou671/
Bambuila671/

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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 Wambilo
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