Wamunga Surname

398,272nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 884 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wamunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wamunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5561:70,2157,799
Kenya3141:147,07011,753
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Wamunga (13) may also be a first name.

Wamunga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wamunga is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamunga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 398,272nd most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,243,830 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamunga reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 556 people, or 1 in 70,215. In Uganda Wamunga is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 49 percent reside, Sironko District, where 23 percent reside and Bulambuli District, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 36 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Wamunga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wamunga surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Wamunga
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