Wakane Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Wakane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 131 | 1:62,242 | 8,061 |
| Uganda | 87 | 1:448,727 | 26,843 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| 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 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakane (59) may also be a first name.
Wakane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakane (Marathi: वकाने) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,058,336th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Wakane are found; 57 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 57 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,282,666th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 59 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 62,242. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Enga, where 75 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 15 percent live and Western Highlands, where 5 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Wakane is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 37 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakane in the Marathi language | ||
| वकाने | vakane | - |
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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
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- 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 Wakane
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