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 has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanasamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Wanasamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanasamba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 314,149. In Kenya Wanasamba is most prevalent 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. Outside of Kenya it is found 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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