Wakea Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Wakea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 182 | 1:44,801 | 5,515 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wakea (58) may also be a first name.
Wakea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakea is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wakea.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakea? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakea is the 1,202,518th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Wakea are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wakea is also the 1,295,729th most common first name on earth It is held by 58 people.
The last name Wakea is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 44,801. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 74 percent live, Western, where 13 percent live and Gulf, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Wakea
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