Wangoma Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wangoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3031:174,72515,264
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wangoma (26) may also be a first name.

Wangoma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wangoma occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangoma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 794,916th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. The surname Wangoma occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wangoma are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wangoma is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 26 people.

Wangoma is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 174,725. In Tanzania Wangoma is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 74 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.

Wangoma Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wang'oma938/
Wanggoma933/
Wan'goma931/
Wanghoma931/
Wangouma931/
Bangoma86441/
Wangome86208/
Wangama86140/
Wangomo8634/
Wanguma8626/
Vangoma8615/
Wongoma867/
Wangema864/
Bangouma805/
Vangomah801/
Wasingama751/
Bongoma712,794/
Bangama71249/
Bangomi71137/
Wongama71106/
Banguma7193/
Vangama7144/
Bangomo7122/
Wangamo7113/
Vanguma718/
Wangumo715/
Wangame714/
Wangami714/
Wangume713/
Bangome712/
Wangumi711/
Wongamat67657/
Wongamai6715/
Bongomah676/
Bangamma675/
Wongamad675/
Boungoma674/
Vuangama674/
Vangamma674/
Bangguma673/
Bongouma672/
Wangamou672/
Woingama671/
Wangamoi671/
Bangoume671/
Wongomet671/
Vangomez671/
Vangamai671/

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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 Wangoma
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis