Wawosa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wawosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wawosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wawosa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wawosa.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawosa? popularity and diffusion
Wawosa is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Wawosa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wawosa are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Wawosa is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wawoso | 83 | 109 | / |
| Wewosa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Wawusa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wawoja | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wabosa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Waiwasa | 77 | 88 | / |
| Bawuosa | 77 | 55 | / |
| Wahwesa | 77 | 31 | / |
| Waibosa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wawozia | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wowosza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waiwoza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wawusia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waivosha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Babosa | 67 | 705 | / |
| Bavosa | 67 | 355 | / |
| Wawasi | 67 | 352 | / |
| Waboso | 67 | 197 | / |
| Vavosa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bawoza | 67 | 39 | / |
| Bawusa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wawase | 67 | 25 | / |
| Bawoso | 67 | 22 | / |
| Wawusi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wawaso | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wawace | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wevasa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wawaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waweza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawazo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawajo | 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 Wawosa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis