Wanba Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Wanba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 273 | 1:76,077 | 9,412 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70 | 1:116,482 | 15,803 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wanba (27) may also be a first name.
Wanba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanba is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wanba is the 714,947th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. The surname Wanba is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Wanba reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name globally, borne by 27 people.
The last name Wanba is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 76,077. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 58 percent reside, Centre Region, where 16 percent reside and North Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Wanba occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Wanba
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