Wakaya Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Wakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakaya (26) may also be a first name.
Wakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakaya occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 919,444th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wakaya are found; 41 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 26 people.
The last name Wakaya is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Wakaya
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