Vakai Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Vakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 181 | 1:85,294 | 12,405 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Cook Islands | 5 | 1:3,636 | 866 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vakai (479) may also be a first name.
Vakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vakai (Hindi: वकई, Marathi: वकै) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 862,604th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Vakai are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Vakai is also the 388,635th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 479 people.
The last name Vakai is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 85,294. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 53 percent live, Midlands Province, where 26 percent live and Harare Province, where 12 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vakai in the Marathi language | ||
| वकै | vakai | 66.67 |
| वकाई | vaka'i | 33.33 |
| Vakai in the Hindi language | ||
| वकई | vaka'i | 56.25 |
| वकाई | vaka'i | 40.63 |
| वाकई | vaka'i | 3.13 |
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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
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- 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 Vakai
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