Wakene Surname
Approximately 4,249 people bear this surname
Wakene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,185 | 1:23,309 | 2,960 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wakene (17,006) may also be a first name.
Wakene Demographics
Average Wakene Salary in
United States
$27,672 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wakene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakene occurs most in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 109,526th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,715,120 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wakene live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wakene is also the 42,523rd most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 17,006 people.
The last name Wakene is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,185 people, or 1 in 23,309. Outside of Ethiopia this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Wakene Last Name Statistics demography
Wakene earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.87% less than the national average, earning $27,672 USD per year.
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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 Wakene
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