Wakef Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Wakef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wakef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania91:454,98517,374
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Wakef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wakef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻗﻒ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakef? popularity and diffusion

Wakef is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Wakef are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The surname Wakef is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Wakef is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakhefe831/
Wackeft831/
Wakif80500/
Vakef803/
Waqef801/
Bakef801/
Waskew734/
Bakeef734/
Bakkef731/
Baakef731/
Backef731/
Bakeeff6728/
Watkeav675/
Wadkeaw674/
Waekeaw671/
Waikeaw671/
Watkeaw671/
Waichef671/
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Wakef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wakef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻗﻒalwaqf-

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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 Wakef
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