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 can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waikin.
How Common Is The Last Name Waikin? popularity and diffusion
Waikin is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Waikin occurs mostly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Waikin reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Waikin is also the 130,217th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,071 people.
Waikin is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Waikin is primarily found in: Morobe, where 67 percent live and East Sepik, where 33 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.
Waikin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Waikin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Waikin surname 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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