Wasamunu Surname

363,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 992 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Wasamunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasamunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia9531:16,6321,864
Namibia261:92,6698,353
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wasamunu (563) may also be a first name.

Wasamunu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wasamunu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wasamunu is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasamunu? popularity and diffusion

Wasamunu is the 363,955th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. The last name Wasamunu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasamunu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wasamunu is also the 354,031st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 563 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 953 people, or 1 in 16,632. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Western Province, where 65 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside and Southern Province, where 9 percent reside. Barring Zambia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Wasamunu
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