Wapongo Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Wapongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wapongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wapongo has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Wapongo is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wapongo reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda Wapongo is most prevalent in: Sironko District, where 75 percent live, Mbale District, where 10 percent live and Bududa District, where 5 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
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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 Wapongo
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