Wangabanya Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Wangabanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 127 | 1:124,803 | 9,426 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
Wangabanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangabanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangabanya is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangabanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wangabanya is the 1,177,228th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangabanya are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 124,803. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 53 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 29 percent reside and Southern Province, where 13 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent reside.
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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 Wangabanya
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