Wakay Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Wakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 144 | 1:703,043 | 71,385 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Wakay (16) may also be a first name.
Wakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakay (Hindi: वाकया) is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakay is the 1,276,805th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Wakay reside; 87 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 73 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 703,043. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Soccsksargen, where 64 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 11 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines Wakay occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakay in the Hindi language | ||
| वाकया | vakaya | - |
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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 Wakay
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