Wanambo Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wanambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wanambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanambo occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wanambo.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanambo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Wanambo reside; 74 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 74 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Wanambo is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 76 percent reside, Chimbu, where 18 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 6 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 22 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanaimbo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wenambo | 86 | 136 | / |
| Wanombo | 86 | 40 | / |
| Banambo | 86 | 22 | / |
| Wanamba | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wananbo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wonambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Banambou | 80 | 20 | / |
| Wanuimbo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wanoimbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wonambou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wanasimba | 75 | 35 | / |
| Banamba | 71 | 72 | / |
| Wenamba | 71 | 64 | / |
| Wanemba | 71 | 54 | / |
| Wanomba | 71 | 29 | / |
| Wangnanbou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Banombo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bananbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Venambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanhemba | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bounambo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wangomba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vounambo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wongombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vasnamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bananbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wenoumbou | 63 | 5 | / |
| Banomba | 57 | 69 | / |
| Bonombo | 57 | 53 | / |
| Bonamba | 57 | 21 | / |
| Vanemba | 57 | 7 | / |
| Venamba | 57 | 6 | / |
| Bananba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wonemba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Venembuo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bounambaï | 50 | 1 | / |
| Banhoumba | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Wanambo
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