Wakaye Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Wakaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wakaye (37) may also be a first name.
Wakaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakaye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakaye? popularity and diffusion
Wakaye is the 2,909,720th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Wakaye live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 37 people.
The last name Wakaye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Taraba, where 73 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Gombe, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Wakaye occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Wakaye
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