Wakanai Surname
Approximately 396 people bear this surname
Wakanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 395 | 1:134,029 | 12,481 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wakanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakanai is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wakanai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakanai? popularity and diffusion
Wakanai is the 731,961st most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 18,402,894 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakanai reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 395 people, or 1 in 134,029. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 76 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wakanai
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