Wakate Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Wakate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 199 | 1:196,177 | 15,854 |
| Philippines | 130 | 1:778,756 | 75,558 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wakate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakate (Marathi: वकटे) is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakate? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 781,947th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The last name Wakate is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Wakate reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 196,177. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kaliro District, where 25 percent live, Tororo District, where 21 percent live and Bugiri District, where 16 percent live. Apart from Uganda it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 36 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakate in the Marathi language | ||
| वकटे | vakate | - |
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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 Wakate
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