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/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wakae.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakae? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 418,547th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wakae are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 203,815th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 1,462 people.

This last name is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 817 people, or 1 in 156,480. In Japan it is most common in: Osaka Prefecture, where 29 percent live, Ehime Prefecture, where 18 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 6 percent live. Aside from Japan Wakae is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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