Wakash Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Wakash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 62 | 1:2,881,353 | 23,780 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Wakash (372) may also be a first name.
Wakash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakash Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakash (Hindi: वकाश, Oriya: ୱାକସ) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakash? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Wakash is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Wakash live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 450,135th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 372 people.
This last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 2,881,353. In Pakistan Wakash is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 97 percent reside and Punjab, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakash in the Hindi language | ||
| वकाश | vakasa | - |
| Wakash in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାକସ | wakasa | 50 |
| ଔକାସ | aukasa | 50 |
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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 Wakash
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