Wakanda Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wakanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Wakanda (76) may also be a first name.

Wakanda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakanda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wakanda is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakanda? popularity and diffusion

Wakanda is the 1,252,959th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Wakanda reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 76 people.

The last name Wakanda is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 12 percent reside.

Wakanda Last Name Statistics demography

Wakanda earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.03% less than the national average, earning R 92,604 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Wakanda
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis