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Where Does The Last Name Waken Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Waken is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Waken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waken? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Waken is the 499,597^th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. Waken is mostly found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Waken are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 359,856^th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 548 people.

Waken is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 29,017. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 61 percent live, National Capital District, where 9 percent live and Madang, where 7 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 20 percent live.

Waken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Waken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waken surname increased 1,690 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 69 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waken Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Waken surname are 29.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.09% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Waken earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.6% less than the national average, earning R 67,500 per year and in United States they earn 18.05% more than the national average, earning $50,938 USD per year.