Wamema Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Wamema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 561 | 1:69,589 | 7,753 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wamema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamema is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 548,408th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamema live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Wamema is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 561 people, or 1 in 69,589. In Uganda Wamema is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 39 percent reside, Bududa District, where 34 percent reside and Mbale District, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wameema | 92 | 2 | / |
| Womema | 83 | 107 | / |
| Wamama | 83 | 63 | / |
| Wamima | 83 | 14 | / |
| Wameme | 83 | 7 | / |
| Bamema | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wamoma | 83 | 4 | / |
| Vamema | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wemema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waemama | 77 | 326 | / |
| Wamahma | 77 | 11 | / |
| Weamama | 77 | 6 | / |
| Vamaema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vamiema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Womeema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamaima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waemamah | 71 | 62 | / |
| Weamamah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bameme | 67 | 439 | / |
| Wemama | 67 | 57 | / |
| Bomema | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wemima | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wamomo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wamimi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vamama | 67 | 2 | / |
| Womama | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wamamo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bamima | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wememo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Womoma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Womemi | 67 | 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
- 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 Wamema
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis