Waiks Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Waiks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Waiks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waiks occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiks? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Waiks occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Waiks reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Waiks is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Waiks is most common in: Western Highlands, where 88 percent live and East New Britain, where 13 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waikes | 91 | 1 | / |
| Waks | 89 | 1,704 | / |
| Wiks | 89 | 30 | / |
| Wicks | 80 | 29,042 | / |
| Weaks | 80 | 1,474 | / |
| Wacks | 80 | 541 | / |
| Wikse | 80 | 141 | / |
| Waksh | 80 | 129 | / |
| Weiks | 80 | 89 | / |
| Wijks | 80 | 45 | / |
| Wakse | 80 | 21 | / |
| Waaks | 80 | 18 | / |
| Wikås | 80 | 15 | / |
| Waics | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vaiks | 80 | 3 | / |
| Witks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wieks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wauks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wasks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Waeks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wikks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wakshe | 73 | 121 | / |
| Weicks | 73 | 109 | / |
| Wiecks | 73 | 106 | / |
| Weeaks | 73 | 93 | / |
| Baicks | 73 | 37 | / |
| Weakes | 73 | 31 | / |
| Wijaks | 73 | 20 | / |
| Vaiksh | 73 | 11 | / |
| Weikes | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wiskås | 73 | 8 | / |
| Waskås | 73 | 7 | / |
| Whicks | 73 | 3 | / |
| Withks | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wiksås | 73 | 3 | / |
| Baiksh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waksse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahaks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baikks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wattks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wick's | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakhsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waykes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Woicks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vaks | 67 | 3,941 | / |
| Viks | 67 | 733 | / |
| Waqs | 67 | 88 | / |
| Wyks | 67 | 51 | / |
| Weks | 67 | 39 | / |
| Wacs | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wigs | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wags | 67 | 12 | / |
| Waiques | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wics | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uaks | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wakx | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wikx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uiks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wixs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whiksch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakhshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waksová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wjks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wisx | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Waiks
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