Wakenu Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wakenu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakenu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wakenu (13) may also be a first name.

Wakenu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakenu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wakenu occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wakenu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakenu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Wakenu is mostly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Wakenu live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 92 percent live and Western Highlands, where 8 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakeinu921/
Wakenhut8687/
Wakanu8366/
Wokenu8345/
Wakinu8335/
Wackenhut80439/
Wakenhuth800/
Wakhanu77899/
Bakenou77736/
Wakinau778/
Wakanou771/
Wakaanu771/
Wackenhuth7572/
Wackenhult750/
Vakenhut718/
Wakhingu711/
Wokenhut710/
Wokanu674/
Wacinu672/
Bokenu671/
Wekanu671/
Vackenhut671/
Vaceanu6293/
Vakinau629/
Bakinou626/
Wokinui625/
Wachinu624/
Vakanui621/
Wachinou57739/
Vauquenu5731/
Boukenou571/
Bakainou571/
Wochenou571/
Vahakainu531/
Boukhennou504/
Uecanu501/

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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 Wakenu
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