Wanguba Surname

688,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 430 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanguba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanguba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2911:158,69412,495
Tanzania1371:386,43527,768
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wanguba (101) may also be a first name.

Wanguba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wanguba occurs most in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wanguba.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanguba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 688,723rd most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 16,947,781 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanguba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wanguba is also the 940,641st most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 101 people.

The surname Wanguba is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 158,694. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent live, Busia County, where 1 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 32 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Wanguba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wang'uba93312/
Wanghuba934/
Wang'ubha884/
Wangubo86843/
Wangoba8612/
Wangubi8612/
Wonguba861/
Wangumpa805/
Wangubho805/
Wangobo71190/
Wangobi71108/
Wangobe7142/
Bonguba711/
Bangube711/
Wongoba711/
Wongumpai631/
Woingoube631/
Wongoubou631/
Weinguber631/
Wongaumpai594/
Vanguvo571/
Bongubi571/

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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 Wanguba
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