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
The surname Wamu (Hindi: वामु, Oriya: ୱାମୁ) occurs most in Indonesia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 187,259th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,226,005 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Wamu live; 63 percent live in Oceania Islands and 63 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 361,930th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 542 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,047 people, or 1 in 126,313. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Papua, where 99 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 1 percent live and West Papua, where 0 percent live. Besides Indonesia Wamu exists in 17 countries. It also occurs 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 holding the last name 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
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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 Wamu
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