Wakebe Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wakebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
China21:683,660,78330,601
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wakebe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakebe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wakebe is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakebe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wakebe is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Wakebe are found; 36 percent are found in South America and 36 percent are found in Luso-South America.

Wakebe is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil Wakebe is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 100 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakobe8389/
Wakeba8314/
Wakabe8314/
Wakibe837/
Wakewe831/
Wakhobe77139/
Baikebe771/
Bakebeh771/
Wakeeva771/
Wauchebe711/
Wackeiba711/
Wakabi674,730/
Wakibi671,268/
Wakiba6721/
Wakobi6717/
Wakiwe678/
Wokabe673/
Wekobe672/
Wokobe672/
Wakewa671/
Vekebe671/
Vakeba671/
Vakibe671/
Wokeby670/

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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 Wakebe
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