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
The last name Wakain is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakain is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. It occurs predominantly 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 frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 20 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea Wakain is most common in: Enga, where 53 percent reside, East Sepik, where 30 percent reside and West Sepik, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Wakain
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