Wasambo Surname
Approximately 900 people bear this surname
Wasambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wasambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wasambo is found most in Malawi. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasambo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasambo is the 392,884th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 8,097,273 people. The last name Wasambo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasambo live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Wasambo is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Not including Malawi Wasambo exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassambo | 93 | 3 | / |
| Wasamba | 86 | 1,553 | / |
| Basambo | 86 | 930 | / |
| Wasombo | 86 | 34 | / |
| Wosambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wajambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wasembo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wesambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wessambo | 80 | 103 | / |
| Bassambo | 80 | 33 | / |
| Washamba | 80 | 29 | / |
| Baisambo | 80 | 21 | / |
| Watsamba | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wassamba | 80 | 8 | / |
| Bashambo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Washombo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wossambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uassambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watshamba | 75 | 68 | / |
| Bashamboo | 75 | 34 | / |
| Bassamboo | 75 | 15 | / |
| Woessambo | 75 | 10 | / |
| Waishamba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Weissambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bassambou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Basombo | 71 | 458 | / |
| Wesamba | 71 | 425 | / |
| Basamba | 71 | 364 | / |
| Wasomba | 71 | 226 | / |
| Bosambo | 71 | 167 | / |
| Wasemba | 71 | 55 | / |
| Wazamba | 71 | 49 | / |
| Bazambo | 71 | 39 | / |
| Basanbo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Wesombo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vasamba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wassoumbou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wojambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bossambo | 67 | 124 | / |
| Wasombat | 67 | 81 | / |
| Bashombo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Baasamba | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bassamba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bashamba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Baisombo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wachamba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bassombo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Washemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wazhamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuasomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wassanba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wassemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wassomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vassamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wadjamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajsemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bassanbo | 67 | 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 Wasambo
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