Wazama Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Wazama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Niger | 64 | 1:299,875 | 9,026 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wazama (70) may also be a first name.
Wazama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wazama occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Wazama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wazama reside; 51 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 70 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Without taking into account The DR Congo it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 44 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 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
- 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 Wazama
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