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
The surname Wakara is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wakara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakara? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 847,909th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Wakara are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 91 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 277,181. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 55 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
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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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