Wamulwa Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Wamulwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
Wamulwa (46) may also be a first name.
Wamulwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamulwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamulwa is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wamulwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamulwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Wamulwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamulwa live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wamulwa is also the 1,484,914th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 46 people.
The last name Wamulwa is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 528,331. In Zambia Wamulwa is most frequent in: Western Province, where 97 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 3 percent reside. Besides Zambia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 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
- 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 Wamulwa
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