Wankya Surname
Approximately 1,821 people bear this surname
Wankya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,810 | 1:21,569 | 3,166 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wankya (31) may also be a first name.
Wankya Demographics
Average Wankya Salary in
South Africa
R 394,776
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wankya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wankya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wankya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wankya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wankya is the 223,609th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,001,947 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wankya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.
This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 1,810 people, or 1 in 21,569. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Buyende District, where 28 percent are found, Kaliro District, where 15 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Wankya Last Name Statistics demography
Wankya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.12% more than the national average, earning R 394,776 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 Wankya
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