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 surname Wakate (Marathi: वकटे) is most common in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakate? popularity and diffusion
Wakate is the 781,947th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Wakate live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Wakate is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 196,177. In Uganda Wakate is most prevalent in: Kaliro District, where 25 percent reside, Tororo District, where 21 percent reside and Bugiri District, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 36 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
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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