Wangala Surname
Approximately 886 people bear this surname
Wangala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 561 | 1:131,693 | 14,109 |
| Benin | 96 | 1:107,663 | 12,089 |
| Uganda | 59 | 1:661,683 | 33,952 |
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Wangala (71) may also be a first name.
Wangala Demographics
Wangala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangala (Marathi: वंगला) occurs most in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wangala is the 397,537th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,225,221 people. Wangala occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wangala are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wangala is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 71 people.
The surname Wangala is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 561 people, or 1 in 131,693. Beside The DR Congo this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
Wangala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wangala surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wangala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangala in the Marathi language | ||
| वंगला | vangala | - |
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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 Wangala
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