Wakava Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Wakava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wakava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakava occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakava is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakava live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 96 percent reside and East Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 13 percent reside and Namibia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakavat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wakawa | 83 | 1,914 | / |
| Vakava | 83 | 10 | / |
| Wakeva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vakaeva | 77 | 195 | / |
| Waikawa | 77 | 23 | / |
| Waikova | 77 | 23 | / |
| Vaikava | 77 | 19 | / |
| Vakavad | 77 | 13 | / |
| Uakaeva | 77 | 4 | / |
| Vaskava | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bakayva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waukavo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakeeva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakaiva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Huakava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaekava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waukawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waskova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woukava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wacavai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakawat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waekawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vakhaeva | 71 | 279 | / |
| Wakahabo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wachkova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakachwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakaiwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakova | 67 | 1,277 | / |
| Vakova | 67 | 320 | / |
| Vakeva | 67 | 26 | / |
| Vacava | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wakowa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bakhaavai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vakaavath | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vadkavath | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wakawo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vakawa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uakova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uakaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakevo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bacava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakewa | 67 | 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 Wakava
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