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 more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 128,357th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,063,292 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wandala are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 170,600th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,970 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,958 people, or 1 in 7,021. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 78 percent live, North Region, where 17 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Wandala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wandala last name is primarily 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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