Wanda Surname
Approximately 21,947 people bear this surname
Wanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,601 | 1:8,485 | 1,460 |
| Indonesia | 3,629 | 1:36,442 | 4,241 |
| Malawi | 3,451 | 1:4,961 | 692 |
| South Africa | 1,966 | 1:27,557 | 3,526 |
| Cameroon | 1,223 | 1:16,982 | 2,329 |
| DR Congo | 930 | 1:79,440 | 9,181 |
| Kenya | 926 | 1:49,870 | 5,084 |
| United States | 910 | 1:398,307 | 34,877 |
| Ivory Coast | 645 | 1:35,769 | 2,365 |
| Thailand | 529 | 1:133,532 | 20,614 |
| Nigeria | 433 | 1:409,106 | 21,363 |
| Israel | 338 | 1:25,318 | 3,698 |
| Tanzania | 334 | 1:158,508 | 14,206 |
| Papua New Guinea | 316 | 1:25,803 | 2,856 |
| Poland | 172 | 1:220,981 | 28,861 |
| Dominican Republic | 162 | 1:64,401 | 3,114 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Jordan | 152 | 1:58,174 | 5,441 |
| Zambia | 121 | 1:130,991 | 9,752 |
| Zimbabwe | 92 | 1:167,807 | 20,631 |
| Germany | 88 | 1:914,835 | 64,706 |
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| Nepal | 74 | 1:384,878 | 3,933 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Iran | 58 | 1:1,323,837 | 55,038 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Austria | 46 | 1:185,118 | 23,639 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Hungary | 29 | 1:338,492 | 24,545 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Wanda (513,336) may also be a first name.
Wanda Demographics
Wanda Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanda (Arabic: لاندا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﺪ, Hindi: वन्दा, Marathi: वंदा) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanda? popularity and diffusion
Wanda is the 24,611th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 332,052 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Wanda are found; 27 percent are found in East Africa and 26 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Wanda is also the 1,969th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 513,336 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 4,601 people, or 1 in 8,485. In Uganda Wanda is most common in: Mbale District, where 46 percent reside, Manafwa District, where 10 percent reside and Kiryandongo District, where 8 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 76 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Malawi, where 16 percent reside.
Wanda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wanda has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wanda surname grew 5,056 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wanda Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wanda last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Wanda surname are 20.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.44% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wanda earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 65.02% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,990 per year; in South Africa they earn 38.62% less than the national average, earning R 145,872 per year; in United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.8% less than the national average, earning $48,290 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanda in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﺪ | wnd | - |
| Wanda in the Hindi language | ||
| वन्दा | vanda | - |
| Wanda in the Marathi language | ||
| वंदा | vanda | 80 |
| वंदना | vandana | 20 |
| Wanda in the Arabic language | ||
| لاندا | landa | - |
| اندا | anda | - |
| واندا | wanda | - |
| وندا | wnda | - |
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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
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- 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 Wanda
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