Wakae Surname

418,547th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 830 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Wakae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan8171:156,4807,857
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wakae (1,462) may also be a first name.

Wakae Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakae Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wakae is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakae? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 418,547th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. The last name Wakae is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wakae reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 203,815th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 1,462 people.

The surname Wakae is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 817 people, or 1 in 156,480. In Japan it is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 29 percent are found, Ehime Prefecture, where 18 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Not including Japan it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakahe915/
Waekae911/
Watkaee831/
Waykaer831/
Wakaiye831/
Wakeu80294/
Wakoe8019/
Waqae808/
Vakae804/
Wokae803/
Waykaesh771/
Vakaet7318/
Waykeh7313/
Baikae734/
Wakoea734/
Vakeae734/
Wakoua733/
Wakaua733/
Vakaee732/
Waikeu732/
Wakeuh731/
Wookae731/
Waskoe731/
Vaskae731/
Vazkae731/
Weakeh731/
Vakahe731/
Bakaaye6714/
Hwaikeh6712/
Wakahoi679/
Watkoet674/
Hwakohe673/
Vakaher671/
Waikahi671/
Weakoey671/
Wakaija671/
Wakajja671/
Wakeiye671/
Wakouai671/
Bakajie671/
Uaakaee671/
Wakhooe671/

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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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  • 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 Wakae
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