Wanfula Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wanfula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wanfula Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wanfula Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wanfula Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wanfula is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanfula? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanfula live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Wanfula is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda Wanfula exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamfula8627/
Banfula861/
Wamfuila804/
Wanfouli802/
Wanphila6754/
Bonfoula671/
Banfuile671/
Vanfuller636/
Bamfule571/
Vanphila537/
Vonfilia531/
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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 Wanfula
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