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) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamu is the 187,259th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,226,005 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Wamu are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wamu is also the 361,930th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 542 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 126,313. In Indonesia Wamu is mostly found in: Papua, where 99 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 1 percent are found and West Papua, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia Wamu occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Wamu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily 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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