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

Wanguba is most common in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanguba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 688,723rd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanguba reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 940,641st most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 101 people.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 158,694. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent reside, Busia County, where 1 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 32 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Wanguba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing 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
  • 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