Wangama Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wangama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya751:615,73228,396
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Niger81:2,399,00243,750
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wangama (14) may also be a first name.

Wangama Last Name Facts

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

Wangama is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wangama.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangama? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wangama is the 1,497,948th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Wangama live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.

Wangama is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Wangama is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 91 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.

Wangama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Wangama surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Wangama
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