Wapwanyika Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Wapwanyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 144 | 1:107,210 | 14,835 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Wapwanyika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapwanyika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapwanyika occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapwanyika? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wapwanyika is the 1,459,453rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wapwanyika are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 107,210. In Zimbabwe Wapwanyika is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 71 percent live, Harare Province, where 12 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Sudan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hwapwanyika | 95 | 9 | / |
| Wapanyika | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wapwanhika | 90 | 1 | / |
| Wapinyika | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wapwanga | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wapnik | 75 | 15 | / |
| Wapnyk | 75 | 14 | / |
| Wibawanik | 74 | 18 | / |
| Wabanyiga | 74 | 2 | / |
| Wabanyaka | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wawabonik | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wapnick | 71 | 127 | / |
| Wapenik | 71 | 62 | / |
| Wapanga | 71 | 39 | / |
| Wapenka | 71 | 18 | / |
| Wapnaik | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wapinik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wabawanuka | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wapienik | 67 | 95 | / |
| Wapuanga | 67 | 27 | / |
| Wappenik | 67 | 26 | / |
| Wapunaik | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wapiniki | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wabwanga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wapangai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wapenick | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wapinick | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wapwanyika
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