Wakara Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Wakara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 191 | 1:277,181 | 21,789 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wakara (91) may also be a first name.
Wakara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakara is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wakara.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakara? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 847,909th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. Wakara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Wakara live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 91 people.
Wakara is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 277,181. In Tanzania Wakara is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 55 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 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 Wakara
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