Wangra Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wangra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1831:296,05328,632
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wangra (17) may also be a first name.

Wangra Last Name Facts

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

Wangra is most common in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangra? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,173,425th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wangra are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 17 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 296,053. In South Africa Wangra is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 60 percent live, Free State, where 31 percent live and Limpopo, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Wangra Last Name Statistics demography

Wangra earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.12% more than the national average, earning R 254,568 per year.

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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 Wangra
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