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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wakalla.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakalla? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakalla live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name globally, held by 25 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 95 percent are found and Sokoto, where 5 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found.
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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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