Waaka Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Waaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 331 | 1:13,681 | 2,380 |
| Australia | 123 | 1:219,477 | 21,009 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waaka (125) may also be a first name.
Waaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waaka occurs most in New Zealand. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Waaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waaka is the 619,831st most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Waaka live; 92 percent live in Australasia and 92 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Waaka is also the 832,731st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 125 people.
Waaka is most widespread in New Zealand, where it is carried by 331 people, or 1 in 13,681. In New Zealand Waaka is mostly concentrated in: Bay of Plenty Region, where 24 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 18 percent are found and Canterbury Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides New Zealand this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 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 Waaka
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