Wazwa Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Wazwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Wazwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wazwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,765,740th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wazwa reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 96 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 44 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Wazwa
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