Waikin Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Waikin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Waikin (3,071) may also be a first name.
Waikin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waikin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waikin has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waikin? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Waikin live; 38 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Waikin is also the 130,217th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 3,071 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 67 percent reside and East Sepik, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Canada, where 13 percent reside.
Waikin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Waikin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Waikin
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