Wangota Surname

435,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wangota Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangota Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda7821:49,9226,052
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Wangota Last Name Facts

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

Wangota is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangota? popularity and diffusion

Wangota is the 435,329th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,236,433 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangota reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 782 people, or 1 in 49,922. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 35 percent reside, Mbale District, where 29 percent reside and Bulambuli District, where 14 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Wangota Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Wangota last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Wangota
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