Vakana Surname
Approximately 1,842 people bear this surname
Vakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,769 | 1:433,615 | 22,577 |
| Cyprus | 40 | 1:22,122 | 2,481 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Vakana (35) may also be a first name.
Vakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vakana (Marathi: वकना, Russian: Вакана) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vakana is the 221,505th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,956,322 people. The last name Vakana is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Vakana reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Vakana is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 35 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 1,769 people, or 1 in 433,615. In India it is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 98 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Telangana, where 0 percent live. Excluding India it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 2 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vakana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vakana in the Marathi language | ||
| वकना | vakana | - |
| Vakana in the Russian language | ||
| Вакана | vakana | - |
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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 Vakana
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