Wangbara Surname

401,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 876 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wangbara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wangbara Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon8701:23,8723,228
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Wangbara (288) may also be a first name.

Wangbara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wangbara occurs most in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangbara? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 401,066th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,319,116 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangbara are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Wangbara is also the 520,883rd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 288 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 870 people, or 1 in 23,872. In Cameroon Wangbara is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 53 percent reside, North Region, where 27 percent reside and Centre Region, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bangbara885/
Wangbare881/
Wangbari881/
Wangbero752/
Bongbara752/
Bangbare751/
Bongbarah7122/
Wangbouri715/
Wongvaree5911/
Wongvairoj5614/
Woingbouri561/
Bongboro508/
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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 Wangbara
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