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
The surname Wame occurs more in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wame? popularity and diffusion
Wame is the 231,565th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,176,244 people. Wame is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Wame are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 77,467th most widespread forename internationally, borne by 7,010 people.
The last name is most widely held in Botswana, where it is carried by 590 people, or 1 in 3,707. Besides Botswana Wame exists in 33 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Malawi, where 18 percent live.
Wame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wame has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 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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