Wangabe Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wangabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wangabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangabe is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wangabe is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Wangabe are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 71 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 7,807,856. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Isingiro District, where 20 percent are found, Kampala District, where 20 percent are found and Mubende District, where 20 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangabie | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wangobe | 86 | 42 | / |
| Bangabe | 86 | 30 | / |
| Wangabi | 86 | 8 | / |
| Wangaba | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wangebe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bangabea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wanggober | 75 | 91 | / |
| Wangobi | 71 | 108 | / |
| Vangabi | 71 | 98 | / |
| Wongebe | 71 | 51 | / |
| Bangabi | 71 | 42 | / |
| Bangave | 71 | 13 | / |
| Wangoba | 71 | 12 | / |
| Bangobe | 71 | 12 | / |
| Wangeby | 71 | 9 | / |
| Bongabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wangove | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bangabhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bongabei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonghabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wongebeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wongaboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vangobes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vhangave | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wangabe
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