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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wakaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wakaye live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wakaye is also the 1,688,769th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 37 people.
The last name Wakaye is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Taraba, where 73 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Gombe, where 5 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
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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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