Wambug Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Wambug Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wambug Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambug Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wambug is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambug? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,604,449th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Wambug is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wambug reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wambug is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 369,439. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nyandarua County, where 92 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 7 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Wambug is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wambugh | 92 | 6 | / |
| Wambaugh | 86 | 431 | / |
| Wambough | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wambuk | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wambuc | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wambog | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waumbaugh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wambuqu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wambuke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bambugh | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wanbaugh | 71 | 167 | / |
| Wombough | 71 | 124 | / |
| Wombaugh | 71 | 30 | / |
| Bambaugh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Baumbaug | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weimbaug | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bambough | 71 | 0 | / |
| Baumbaugh | 67 | 148 | / |
| Wanbuk | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wambok | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wombuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wainbaugh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Watenbugh | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wambug
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