Wakae Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Wakae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 817 | 1:156,480 | 7,857 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakahe | 91 | 5 | / |
| Waekae | 91 | 1 | / |
| Watkaee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waykaer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wakaiye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wakeu | 80 | 294 | / |
| Wakoe | 80 | 19 | / |
| Waqae | 80 | 8 | / |
| Vakae | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wokae | 80 | 3 | / |
| Waykaesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vakaet | 73 | 18 | / |
| Waykeh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Baikae | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wakoea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vakeae | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wakoua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wakaua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vakaee | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waikeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wakeuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wookae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waskoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vaskae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vazkae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weakeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vakahe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bakaaye | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hwaikeh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wakahoi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Watkoet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hwakohe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vakaher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waikahi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weakoey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakaija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakajja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakeiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakouai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakajie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uaakaee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakhooe | 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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- 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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