Wambuto Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wambuto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wambuto Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1991:266,03821,128
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Wambuto Demographics

Wambuto Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Wambuto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wambuto is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambuto? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,115,011th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname Wambuto is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wambuto reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 266,038. In Tanzania Wambuto is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.

Wambuto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Wambuto surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wambuta8623/
Wombuto865/
Bambuto861/
Wambutta802/
Bamboutou751/
Bambuta71569/
Wanbuta711/
Wambota711/
Vambutas6714/
Bambouta671/
Bomboutou6312/
Boumboutou597/
Bombuta571/
Wombota571/
Bombouta531/
Huanbutta50590/
Huanbudta501/
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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 Wambuto
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