Waiken Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Waiken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Waiken (23) may also be a first name.
Waiken Demographics
Average Waiken Salary in
South Africa
R 549,660
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Waiken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waiken is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Waiken are found; 74 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 74 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea Waiken is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 35 percent live, Madang, where 35 percent live and Enga, where 10 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Waiken Last Name Statistics demography
Waiken earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 131.3% more than the national average, earning R 549,660 per year.
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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 Waiken
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