Wangija Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Wangija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
Wangija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangija is most common in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Wangija is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wangija are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 591,504. In Uganda Wangija is most numerous in: Butaleja District, where 77 percent live, Mayuge District, where 21 percent live and Namutumba District, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Guyana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wangija
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