Waika Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Waika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 244 | 1:33,417 | 3,909 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Waika (209) may also be a first name.
Waika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waika occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waika? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waika is the 683,026th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Waika live; 56 percent live in Oceania Islands and 56 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Waika is also the 625,736th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 209 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 33,417. In Papua New Guinea Waika is most prevalent in: Western, where 23 percent live, East Sepik, where 16 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 12 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Waika occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
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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 Waika
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