Wambungu Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Wambungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wambungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wambungu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Wambungu reside; 62 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 62 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Wambungu is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Wambungu exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 34 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wambung | 93 | 26 | / |
| Wambongu | 88 | 41 | / |
| Bambungu | 88 | 34 | / |
| Wambangu | 88 | 8 | / |
| Wambunga | 88 | 5 | / |
| Wampungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wamboung | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wambaung | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wa Mpungu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wamubungo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wamboueng | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wambong | 80 | 83 | / |
| Wambang | 80 | 75 | / |
| Wambeng | 80 | 53 | / |
| Wombung | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wampung | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wambing | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wambongo | 75 | 672 | / |
| Wambenga | 75 | 98 | / |
| Wambonga | 75 | 31 | / |
| Wambanga | 75 | 23 | / |
| Wambiang | 75 | 9 | / |
| Wambongh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wanvungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wamboeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wembangu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wambengo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wambinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wambingo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wambingwa | 71 | 74 | / |
| Waimbongo | 71 | 21 | / |
| Wamabiang | 71 | 11 | / |
| Wamabanga | 71 | 5 | / |
| Waimbanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wombungai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wa Mbongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wamubanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waymbongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wampong | 67 | 125 | / |
| Wampang | 67 | 39 | / |
| Wayimbongo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wombeng | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wimbong | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wembong | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wombong | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wembeng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waimbangho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wambenc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wambingwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wombing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weimbanggu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wimbang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonboungou | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Wambungu
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