Wakaja Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wakaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wakaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakaja has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wakaja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakaja are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wakaja is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Wakaja is most prevalent in: Butaleja District, where 100 percent live. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 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 Wakaja
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