Wakame Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Wakame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 128 | 1:304,994 | 21,050 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wakame (21) may also be a first name.
Wakame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakame (Marathi: वलमे) is found most in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakame? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakame is the 1,471,719th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Wakame live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wakame is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 21 people.
Wakame is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 304,994. In Uganda Wakame is most numerous in: Bundibugyo District, where 31 percent reside, Masindi District, where 16 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 11 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 5 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakame in the Marathi language | ||
| वलमे | valame | - |
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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 Wakame
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