Wasenga Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Wasenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wasenga (333) may also be a first name.

Wasenga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wasenga is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wasenga.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasenga? popularity and diffusion

Wasenga is the 1,364,059th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasenga live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wasenga is also the 479,726th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 333 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 513,053. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 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
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  • 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 Wasenga
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