Wame Surname
Approximately 1,745 people bear this surname
Wame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 590 | 1:3,707 | 517 |
| Papua New Guinea | 346 | 1:23,566 | 2,578 |
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Tanzania | 195 | 1:271,495 | 21,426 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wame (7,010) may also be a first name.
Wame Demographics
Average Wame Salary in
United States
$34,964 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wame is found most frequently in Botswana. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 231,565th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,176,244 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Wame reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 77,467th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,010 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 590 people, or 1 in 3,707. Excluding Botswana Wame exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and Malawi, where 18 percent are found.
Wame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wame has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wame surname expanded 129 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wame Last Name Statistics demography
Wame earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.97% less than the national average, earning $34,964 USD per year.
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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 Wame
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