Wakain Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Wakain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wakain (20) may also be a first name.
Wakain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakain is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wakain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakain? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wakain live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wakain is also the 2,446,817th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 20 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Enga, where 53 percent live, East Sepik, where 30 percent live and West Sepik, where 9 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Wakain is found in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Wakain
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