Wakalla Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Wakalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wakalla (25) may also be a first name.
Wakalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakalla has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakalla? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Wakalla is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakalla live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wakalla is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 25 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Wakalla is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 95 percent reside and Sokoto, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Wakalla exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and Niger, where 4 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
- 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 Wakalla
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