Wakati Surname
Approximately 1,061 people bear this surname
Wakati Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 522 | 1:101,421 | 9,934 |
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Wakati (1,159) may also be a first name.
Wakati Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakati Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakati (Marathi: वाकटी, Oriya: ୱାକାଟି) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakati? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 345,133rd most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,868,564 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wakati reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wakati is also the 233,435th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 1,159 people.
The last name Wakati is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 522 people, or 1 in 101,421. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mtwara Region, where 54 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 15 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakati Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakati in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାକାଟି | wakati | - |
| Wakati in the Marathi language | ||
| वाकटी | vakati | - |
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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 Wakati
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