Wakatabe Surname
Approximately 1,170 people bear this surname
Wakatabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,166 | 1:109,643 | 6,382 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
Wakatabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakatabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakatabe is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakatabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakatabe is the 319,593rd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,228,672 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wakatabe reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 1,166 people, or 1 in 109,643. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Tochigi Prefecture, where 46 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 14 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 13 percent are found. Other than Japan it is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakatabi | 88 | 620 | / |
| Wakataba | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wakatobi | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wakatawa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vakatabhai | 67 | 45 | / |
| Vakatawa | 63 | 288 | / |
| Vakhatabhai | 63 | 32 | / |
| Vakotabi | 63 | 3 | / |
| Vakatawi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bakatovy | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Wakatabe
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