Wambo Surname
Approximately 3,962 people bear this surname
Wambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,622 | 1:7,921 | 1,024 |
| Papua New Guinea | 351 | 1:23,230 | 2,541 |
| Kenya | 315 | 1:146,603 | 11,727 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Benin | 148 | 1:69,835 | 8,430 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wambo (543) may also be a first name.
Wambo Demographics
Average Wambo Salary in
United States
$38,648 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wambo occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 116,372nd most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,839,360 people. Wambo is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Wambo reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 361,572nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 543 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,622 people, or 1 in 7,921. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 31 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 28 percent reside and West Region, where 26 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Wambo is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.
Wambo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wambo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wambo surname increased 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wambo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wambo last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wambo surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.
Wambo earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.43% less than the national average, earning $38,648 USD per year.
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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 Wambo
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