Wakana Surname
Approximately 6,787 people bear this surname
Wakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6,274 | 1:20,377 | 2,274 |
| DR Congo | 322 | 1:229,440 | 22,327 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Burundi | 25 | 1:392,194 | 499 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Wakana (675) may also be a first name.
Wakana Demographics
Average Wakana Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakana (Arabic: لاكانا) is most common in Japan. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wakana.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakana is the 72,624th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,073,751 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Wakana are found; 92 percent are found in East Asia and 92 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Wakana is also the 319,040th most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 675 people.
Wakana is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 6,274 people, or 1 in 20,377. In Japan Wakana is mostly found in: Chiba Prefecture, where 31 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 17 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Wakana Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Wakana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 42.34% less than the national average, earning R 137,016 per year and in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakana in the Arabic language | ||
| لاكانا | lakana | - |
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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 Wakana
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