Wakeh Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Wakeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 87 | 1:50,673 | 4,532 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wakeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakeh is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakeh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,806,862nd most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wakeh are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 50,673. In Liberia Wakeh is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 77 percent reside, Bong County, where 14 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Liberia Wakeh exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Wakeh
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