Wakei Surname
Approximately 2,394 people bear this surname
Wakei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,230 | 1:59,305 | 6,525 |
| Papua New Guinea | 161 | 1:50,644 | 6,358 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wakei (1,315) may also be a first name.
Wakei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakei is found most in Indonesia. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 178,423rd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,044,088 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wakei live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 216,782nd most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,315 people.
The surname Wakei is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,230 people, or 1 in 59,305. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 0 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 Wakei
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