Waikau Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Waikau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waikau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waikau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waikau is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waikau? popularity and diffusion
Waikau is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Waikau is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Waikau live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Waikau is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Waikau is mostly concentrated in: Muranga County, where 90 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Waikau
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