Wamma Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Wamma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wamma (67) may also be a first name.
Wamma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamma is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wamma.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamma? popularity and diffusion
Wamma is the 1,604,449th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Wamma reside; 52 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 52 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,191,548th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 67 people.
The last name Wamma is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 123,541. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 71 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 12 percent reside and Morobe, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Wamma
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