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
Wakea is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,202,518th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. Wakea occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Wakea reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 58 people.
Wakea is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 44,801. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 74 percent are found, Western, where 13 percent are found and Gulf, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Wakea occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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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