Wambwa Surname

257,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,530 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wambwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wambwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,2351:31,6114,269
Kenya2911:158,69412,495
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Wambwa (15) may also be a first name.

Wambwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wambwa is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wambwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wambwa is the 257,425th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,763,102 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wambwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

The last name Wambwa is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,235 people, or 1 in 31,611. In Uganda Wambwa is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 52 percent live, Mbale District, where 10 percent live and Sironko District, where 8 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Wambwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanmbwa921/
Watimbwa8657/
Wahumbwa8610/
Wambwaya861/
Wambua83123,848/
Wambwe83191/
Wombwa831/
Wambwo831/
Wembwa831/
Vambwa831/
Wassembwa801/
Wambuha773/
Wambuay771/
Hwembwa771/
Wasembua7121/
Wasimbua714/
Wambui67224,046/
Bambua67105/
Wanbua6741/
Wombua6717/
Wambue677/
Bambba671/
Wombwe671/
Wembua671/
Vambwe671/

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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 Wambwa
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