Wakele Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Wakele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wakele (128) may also be a first name.
Wakele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakele occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakele? popularity and diffusion
Wakele is the 1,860,621st most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Wakele are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most widespread forename on earth, held by 128 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Beside The DR Congo it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 10 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
- 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 Wakele
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