Wamu Surname
Approximately 2,259 people bear this surname
Wamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,047 | 1:126,313 | 12,714 |
| Papua New Guinea | 380 | 1:21,457 | 2,288 |
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Nigeria | 249 | 1:711,417 | 32,711 |
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| Kenya | 45 | 1:1,026,220 | 34,572 |
| Thailand | 38 | 1:1,858,904 | 228,660 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wamu (542) may also be a first name.
Wamu Demographics
Wamu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamu (Hindi: वामु, Oriya: ୱାମୁ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamu? popularity and diffusion
Wamu is the 187,259th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 3,226,005 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Wamu reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wamu is also the 361,930th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 542 people.
This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 126,313. In Indonesia Wamu is most common in: Papua, where 99 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 1 percent live and West Papua, where 0 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.
Wamu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wamu surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (90%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wamu in the Hindi language | ||
| वामु | vamu | - |
| Wamu in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାମୁ | wamu | - |
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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 Wamu
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