Wakayu Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Wakayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 24 | 1:5,326,846 | 39,939 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakayu (45) may also be a first name.
Wakayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakayu is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakayu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Wakayu is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Wakayu reside; 71 percent reside in East Asia and 71 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 45 people.
The last name Wakayu is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 5,326,846. In Japan it is most frequent in: Wakayama Prefecture, where 88 percent live, Chiba Prefecture, where 4 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 4 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 3 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
- 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 Wakayu
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