Wamboka Surname

223,829th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wamboka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wamboka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,3791:28,3103,914
Kenya4391:105,1939,093
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Wamboka (97) may also be a first name.

Wamboka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wamboka is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamboka? popularity and diffusion

Wamboka is the 223,829th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,006,347 people. The last name Wamboka is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamboka are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 97 people.

Wamboka is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,379 people, or 1 in 28,310. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 31 percent live, Manafwa District, where 29 percent live and Bududa District, where 14 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 24 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.

Wamboka Last Name Statistics demography

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

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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 Wamboka
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