Wakama Surname
Approximately 2,487 people bear this surname
Wakama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,899 | 1:93,282 | 6,441 |
| Uganda | 381 | 1:102,465 | 10,230 |
| Kenya | 53 | 1:871,319 | 32,675 |
| Thailand | 47 | 1:1,502,944 | 203,155 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Wakama (298) may also be a first name.
Wakama Demographics
Average Wakama Salary in
United States
$24,062 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wakama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakama occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 172,880th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,930,256 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wakama reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 510,666th most widely held first name globally It is held by 298 people.
The last name Wakama is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,899 people, or 1 in 93,282. In Nigeria Wakama is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 79 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 5 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Wakama Last Name Statistics demography
Wakama earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 44.24% less than the national average, earning $24,062 USD per year.
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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 Wakama
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