Wakayi Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Wakayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 409 | 1:433,112 | 22,320 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wakayi (142) may also be a first name.
Wakayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakayi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakayi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 672,867th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name Wakayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakayi live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wakayi is also the 775,413th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 142 people.
The surname Wakayi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 433,112. In Nigeria Wakayi is most common in: Nasarawa, where 73 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 1 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wakayi
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