Wanzemba Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Wanzemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
Wanzemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanzemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanzemba is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanzemba? popularity and diffusion
Wanzemba is the 2,237,939th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanzemba live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Wanzemba is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,027,349. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 53 percent live, Bududa District, where 37 percent live and Bugiri District, where 5 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 47 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanzimba | 88 | 34 | / |
| Wanzamba | 88 | 22 | / |
| Wanzemwa | 88 | 6 | / |
| Wansemba | 88 | 3 | / |
| Wanjemba | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wangemba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wantsemba | 82 | 5 | / |
| Whanzimba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wanchemba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bonzemba | 75 | 165 | / |
| Bangemba | 75 | 82 | / |
| Banzembe | 75 | 48 | / |
| Wansamba | 75 | 36 | / |
| Wansimba | 75 | 27 | / |
| Vangemba | 75 | 5 | / |
| Banzimba | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wanzombo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bansemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Banzembo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Banzembi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wongemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wangembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wangembo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bondzemba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wanchimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Banshemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bansembea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wandjimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanshemwa | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Wanzemba
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