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 is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Wazama occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wazama are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 70 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Besides The DR Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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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