Waikela Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Waikela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Waikela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waikela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waikela has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waikela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waikela is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Waikela live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Waikela is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 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 Waikela
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