Wandelema Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Wandelema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 88 | 1:443,628 | 26,657 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wandelema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wandelema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wandelema is most common in Uganda. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandelema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wandelema live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 443,628. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Manafwa District, where 35 percent are found, Sironko District, where 33 percent are found and Bududa District, where 10 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wandelem | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wandeilma | 89 | 2 | / |
| Wandealem | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wandalama | 78 | 13 | / |
| Wendelm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wandlum | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wendelheim | 74 | 8 | / |
| Wondalem | 71 | 8 | / |
| Wendalem | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wandalam | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wendelim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Windhelm | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wande Alamu | 70 | 3 | / |
| Wayand Lima | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wandalimu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vandalama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wind Lima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weyne de Lima | 64 | 1 | / |
| Wenda Lima | 63 | 1 | / |
| Windlum | 63 | 0 | / |
| Windhalm | 59 | 6 | / |
| Wendolim | 59 | 1 | / |
| Wantalam | 59 | 1 | / |
| Windlham | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bandilimo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Wendel-Higham | 55 | 2 | / |
| Waunt Halamay | 55 | 1 | / |
| Wanatilomu | 53 | 4 | / |
| Wanatilomo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Wanatilomi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Wantualamo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Wanatilomwi | 50 | 130 | / |
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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 Wandelema
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis