Wakeela Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Wakeela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 50 | 1:3,572,878 | 26,888 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wakeela (2,637) may also be a first name.
Wakeela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakeela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakeela (Hindi: वकीला) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wakeela.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakeela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakeela is the 2,635,433rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wakeela reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 143,013th most numerous first name in the world, held by 2,637 people.
The surname Wakeela is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 3,572,878. In Pakistan Wakeela is mostly found in: Sindh, where 98 percent reside and Punjab, where 2 percent reside. Not including Pakistan this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 4 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakeela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakeela in the Hindi language | ||
| वकीला | vakila | 98.7 |
| वकिला | vakila | 1.3 |
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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 Wakeela
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