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
The last name Vakai (Hindi: वकई, Marathi: वकै) is most common in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vakai is the 862,604th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Vakai live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Vakai is also the 388,635th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 479 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 85,294. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 53 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 26 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe Vakai occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
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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- 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 Vakai
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