Waswala Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Waswala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 77 | 1:599,739 | 28,092 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Waswala Demographics
Waswala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waswala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waswala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waswala occurs most in Kenya. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waswala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waswala is the 1,849,867th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waswala reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Waswala is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 599,739. In Kenya Waswala is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 83 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 12 percent are found and Busia County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Waswala occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Sudan, where 1 percent are found.
Waswala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Waswala last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waswaelah | 88 | 10 | / |
| Weswala | 86 | 154 | / |
| Waswela | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waswale | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vaswala | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bashwala | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vaiswala | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weswaala | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wesswala | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wesswalla | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wosswalla | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waitswalo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Basvala | 71 | 426 | / |
| Basuala | 71 | 43 | / |
| Baswalo | 71 | 25 | / |
| Bazwala | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vasvala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Basbala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bashvala | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vaisvala | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wassuale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bashwali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vasvalla | 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 Waswala
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