Wandala Surname
Approximately 3,532 people bear this surname
Wandala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,958 | 1:7,021 | 869 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Nigeria | 213 | 1:831,656 | 36,746 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wandala (1,970) may also be a first name.
Wandala Demographics
Wandala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wandala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wandala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wandala is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 128,357th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,063,292 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wandala live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa. Wandala is also the 170,600th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 1,970 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,958 people, or 1 in 7,021. In Cameroon Wandala is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 78 percent live, North Region, where 17 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Wandala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wandala
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