Wamundu Surname

316,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wamundu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wamundu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,1831:33,0004,420
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wamundu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wamundu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wamundu is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamundu? popularity and diffusion

Wamundu is the 316,396th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,149,828 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamundu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,183 people, or 1 in 33,000. In Uganda Wamundu is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 44 percent are found, Sironko District, where 27 percent are found and Bududa District, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Wamundu
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