Wangela Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Wangela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wangela (126) may also be a first name.
Wangela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangela is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 885,573rd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. Wangela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangela are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wangela is also the 829,183rd most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 126 people.
Wangela is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 245,447. Besides The DR Congo Wangela occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Wangela
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