Wakala Surname
Approximately 1,618 people bear this surname
Wakala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,253 | 1:141,375 | 9,060 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wakala (1,221) may also be a first name.
Wakala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻛﺎﻟﻲ, Marathi: वाकला) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 245,904th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,504,046 people. The last name Wakala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wakala live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wakala is also the 226,494th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 1,221 people.
The last name Wakala is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,253 people, or 1 in 141,375. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 56 percent are found, Sokoto, where 16 percent are found and Kebbi, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Botswana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻛﺎﻟﻲ | wkaly | - |
| Wakala in the Marathi language | ||
| वाकला | vakala | - |
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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 Wakala
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