Wanasamba Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Wanasamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 147 | 1:314,149 | 19,561 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wanasamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanasamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanasamba is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wanasamba.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanasamba? popularity and diffusion
Wanasamba is the 1,434,893rd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanasamba live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 314,149. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 99 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 1 percent are found and West Pokot County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanyasamba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wanasasmba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wansamba | 94 | 36 | / |
| Wanasamb | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wanasimba | 89 | 35 | / |
| Wansambo | 82 | 81 | / |
| Wansambu | 82 | 34 | / |
| Wansimba | 82 | 27 | / |
| Wansumba | 82 | 6 | / |
| Wansemba | 82 | 3 | / |
| Wansambe | 82 | 2 | / |
| Watnasombat | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wa Nsambi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wanashombo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wansumbi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Wunsimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wansombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wansimbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wa Nsimbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wancimbi | 59 | 3 | / |
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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 Wanasamba
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