Vaakaa Surname
Approximately 512 people bear this surname
Vaakaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 417 | 1:424,803 | 21,997 |
| India | 95 | 1:8,074,372 | 169,494 |
Vaakaa (107) may also be a first name.
Vaakaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaakaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vaakaa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaakaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vaakaa is the 605,571st most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Vaakaa live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vaakaa is also the 910,230th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 107 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 417 people, or 1 in 424,803. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 82 percent are found, Taraba, where 8 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Vaakaa exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 19 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 Vaakaa
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