Wangrawa Surname

91,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Wangrawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangrawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso5,1881:3,537437
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wangrawa Last Name Facts

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

Wangrawa is most common in Burkina Faso. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wangrawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangrawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 91,972nd most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,401,451 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangrawa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 5,188 people, or 1 in 3,537. In Burkina Faso Wangrawa is most common in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre-Sud Region, where 37 percent are found and Plateau-Central Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Burkina Faso it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wangraawa941/
Bangrawa881/
Uangrawa881/
Wangrewa881/
Wongrawi7526/
Vangrava756/
Wongrawee711/
Wongravi631/
Vangraves591/
Bangrowou591/
Vangravitt561/
Vangrove5021/
Vongrabe508/
Vongrabo501/
Vongroba501/
Vongravi501/

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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
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  • 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 Wangrawa
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