Wangba Surname

208,282nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,986 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Chad

Wangba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,1161:18,6102,553
Chad7701:17,6522,191
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
India311:24,744,045333,161
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
China31:455,773,85521,925
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wangba (846) may also be a first name.

Wangba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wangba occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wangba.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 208,282nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,669,459 people. The surname Wangba is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wangba live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 280,396th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 846 people.

The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,116 people, or 1 in 18,610. In Cameroon Wangba is most common in: Far North Region, where 62 percent are found, North Region, where 21 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 39 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wangbai9252/
Wangbay926/
Wangbah923/
Wangbau921/
Wangbea921/
Waingbah867/
Weangbah861/
Wongba831,383/
Wangbe83322/
Wangbi83256/
Wangbo83156/
Vangba83124/
Bangba8372/
Wamgba8322/
Wangby8312/
Hwangbo7710,123/
Wongbay77729/
Bangbai77291/
Wongbat77211/
Wangboo7786/
Beangba7741/
Wongbah7733/
Wangbou7724/
Bangbay7714/
Whangbo7714/
Wangbei777/
Wangber774/
Wangbey772/
Waingbi771/
Wangbeï771/
Uanegba771/
Wamgbah771/
Woingba771/
Wongboa771/
Wangbie771/
Wamgbaï771/
Huangba771/
Huangbai7141/
Weingbah719/
Wongbaht717/
Whangboo714/
Wongbath712/
Hwanngbo712/
Waningbo711/
Wangboot711/
Weingbat711/
Woingbai711/
Wotingba711/
Wongbaya711/
Bongba67965/
Wongbo67317/
Bangbo67263/
Wongbe67189/
Bangbe67144/
Vongba6756/
Vangbo6740/
Vangby6729/
Bangbi6728/
Wongbi6718/
Wamgbe679/
Vangbe674/
Wamgbo671/
Wongbé671/
Bangva671/
Wongva671/

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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
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  • 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 Wangba
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